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poll tax  

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  • POLL TAX IS a term most often associated with basing the right to vote on a person's status and location of residence. This was not the original intention of the tax. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Poll Tax]

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