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Yes, exactly, it's a modern day poll tax and many people in power want such a thing.
by japhyr 7y ago
Yes, exactly, it's a modern day poll tax and many people in power want such a thing.
- abawany 7y agoRegrettably, it is not just people in power - the HP newsgroups had plenty of individual contributors that favored things like poll taxes, voting for property owners only, etc.
- quickthrower2 7y agoThis might be UK bias, but I take "poll tax" to mean a fixed tax on each resident for community services (as opposed to say a tax based on the value of the residence), but has nothing to do with voting. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax
- xigency 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_States#Voter_registration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_State...
- zeveb 7y agoIt's not a poll tax — it is apparently an element of the amendment Florida's voters passed, which requires that felons fulfill all elements of their sentences.
- Spooky23 7y agoIt’s consistent with all of the bullshit that southern white people in power have used to suppress black voting since the end of reconstruction.