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Opinion: Poll taxes disenfranchised many Americans, but the 24th Amendment fixed that
Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United ...
‘I like Ike,’ JFK and poll taxes: Dallas seniors reflect on the joy and duty of voting
Johnetta Williams was so delighted to vote in the 1960 presidential election that the $1.75 poll tax didn’t much bother her.
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‘Know your history’: Alabama native goes viral using poll tax certificate to inspire young people to vote in Tuesday’s election
The 89-year-old is taking her Alabama poll tax exempt certificate from 1960 to voting rallies and telling young voters why she doesn’t miss an opportunity to cast her ballot. Green, an Air Force ...
Daily Mail24d
Labour's poll tax: Business fury at Reeves's plan to hike national insurance- as Chancellor STILL refuses to rule out raising employers' contributions
Hiking national insurance will become Labour's 'poll tax', Rachel Reeves has been warned. In the most vehement criticism yet, business leaders reacted with fury as Treasury officials refused to ...
Yahoo23d
Opinion: Poll taxes disenfranchised many Americans, but the 24th Amendment fixed that
The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United States Supreme Court later expanded the reach of the ...
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‘Know your history’: Alabama native goes viral using poll tax certificate to inspire young people to vote in Tuesday’s election
Alabama (WVTM) — Loretta Green is a walking history lesson, and she’s gone viral because of it. The 89-year-old is taking her Alabama poll tax exempt certificate from 1960 to voting rallies ...