poll tax
Example Sentences
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Congress’s aim was to prevent minorities from being disenfranchised by the likes of poll taxes.
The scale of the arrests - at a level not seen since the poll tax riots in the 1990s - and the diversion of police from other areas was criticised by MPs, including many from Labour.
From BBC
The role meant he was involved in introducing the poll tax in Scotland, where it was piloted a year earlier than in England and Wales.
From BBC
Ms. Hubbard, who is African American, cast her first ballot before the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned practices aimed at restricting Black Americans from voting, like poll taxes and literacy tests.
From New York Times
That history motivates former Democratic Senator Rodney Ellis, who sponsored the Senate resolution to abolish the poll tax and remove the old stigma.
From Washington Times
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