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lozanna [386]
3 years ago
15

What was the purpose of the poll tax?

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Delicious77 [7]3 years ago
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In the United States, voting poll taxes (whose payment was a precondition to voting in an election) have been used to disenfranchise impoverished and minority voters (especially under Reconstruction).

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