That same year, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections by a vote of 295 to 86. The Amendment did not become part of the ...

The poll tax would do little to prevent such fraudulent voting tactics. But, just as its supporters intended, it put another barrier between minority and poor voters and the ballot box.

Before the poll tax, voting in Texas was very simple, Buenger said. You didn’t even have to be a citizen to vote until 1902.

For supporters of voting restrictions, opposition to voter-ID laws seems practically inexplicable. After all, they argue, having an ID is a common part of modern American life, and if these laws ...

The poll tax portion of the ACLU claim, as a historical comparison, does not hold up. But the organization’s claim about the cost to voters is much tougher to evaluate.

A new polls shows that the Kentucky Republican, who has criticized the Trump administration, is losing support.

Texas’ four-year-old voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act but is not a “poll tax” barred under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The poll tax that you now hold bears the year 1955 and was levied against you on January 1, 1955, and was payable between October 1, 1955 and January 31, 1956, and it entitles you to voting ...

'Poll tax in extreme' Alabama's felon disenfranchisement policies are likely unconstitutional, and they have disparate impacts on felons who are poor, black, or both, according to experts.

Why the ACLU Is Suing Florida For Its New Poll Tax Julie Ebenstein, Former Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU. Orion Danjuma, Former Staff Attorney, ... 2018, nearly 65 percent of ...