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When was the first tracking poll used?
1992
Why was the Poll Tax outlawed?
The Poll Tax prevented people who did not have the money to spare to vote. It was a technique used to restrict voting.
Which states used poll taxes?
All the southern states
What form was most commonly used for disenfranchisement in the south?
Poll tax
How did poll taxes deny poor Americans the opportunity to vote?
Poll taxes were not meant to keep the poor from voting, although that was a unintended consequence. Poll taxes were used to keep African-Americans from voting. What made the practice especially egregious was the fact that many Southern states passed laws that exempted most whites from paying the poll tax.
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