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| | Poll tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A poll tax, head tax, soul tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). | | | The abolition of the rating system of taxes (based on the notional rental value of a house) to fund local government had been in the manifesto of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party in the 1979 general election. | | | Protesters complained that the tax shifted from the estimated price of a house to the number of people living in it, with the perceived effect of shifting the tax burden from the rich to the poor. |
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| | Poll Tax Riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It was replaced by the Council Tax, although this, too, bought criticisms of unfairness; while generally less harsh on lower-income earners than the Poll Tax, it nevertheless took no account of the income earned by the taxpayer. | | | It is thought that the demonstrations against the Poll Tax, together with the general opposition to it (which was especially strong in the North of England (Community Resistance and Anti Poll-Tax Unions) and Scotland (APTUs)) strongly contributed to the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, who resigned as Prime Minister before the end of the year. | | | The ABF executive committee called a demonstration in London for March 31, 1990 (the day of Poll Tax implementation in England and Wales, it having already been introduced in Scotland) the anti-poll tax unions had been active for a year campaigning against the poll tax. |
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| | Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 73, POLL TAX: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | Thus, the tax that is paid by each member of one class or group is the same, and is to that extent a poll or capitation tax; but as the tax payers are grouped according to their supposed or determined incomes, it partakes of the character of an income tax. | | | It was not, however, until 1695 that the poll tax assumed a definite form, and it then became a graduated tax, twenty-two classes of payers being recognized, with taxes ranging from 2,000 livres to twenty sous, the basis of classification being the estate and rank of the person assessed. | | | In some states the payment of a poll tax was made a necessary qualification of the voter, as it is in Massachusetts to-day (1883). |
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| | poll tax - Columbia Encyclopedia article about poll tax |
| | Poll taxes enacted in Southern states between 1889 and 1910 had the effect of disenfranchising many blacks as well as poor whites, because payment of the tax was a prerequisite for voting. | | | By the 1940s some of these taxes had been abolished, and in 1964 the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution disallowed the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in federal elections. | | | poll tax, a capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/poll+tax
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| | Oregon Poll Taxes |
| | Orrin was 64 years old and not liable for the poll tax. | | | Poll taxes were sometimes included in the regular assessment rolls in a column entitled, "Polls." Sometimes the poll tax was taken out of the regular roll books and assembled in a "Poll Book." This means all types of tax records must be inspected for poll taxes. | | | Along with income taxes, these taxes pay for government services. |
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| | deseretnews.com Poll: Keep tax deductions |
| | Doing away with income tax deductions is being considered by the Legislature's Tax Reform Task Force, which is evaluating the impact of a flat-tax in Utah. | | | If the "pure" flat-rate tax (at 4 percent) was picked, the state's income tax system would become so simple a Utah citizen could file his taxes on a postcard-size return, state Tax Commission officials told the Tax Reform Task Force. | | | Walker's tax study group suggested two kinds of flat-rate tax, one that had no deductions, with a rate of 4 percent, and one keeping the main deductions on charitable giving, home interest and dependent children, with a 5 percent rate. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600138960,00.html
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| | The Virginia Poll Tax |
| | Poll Taxes are traceable to ancient tax systems and have been criticized as an unfair burden on the poor. | | | Poll Tax a uniformed tax levied on every adult in the community. | | | If they were used as requirements for voting in the state and local elections. |
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http://www.melanet.com/watoto/monroe/cyber.html
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| | Suffrage in the South, Part I: The Poll Tax |
| | A powerful argument against the claim that the poll tax acts as a qualitative guarantee for electors is the open admission in every state that a large number, in some cases a majority, of the poll tax receipts are paid for by politicians who hold them and vote them wholesale. | | | Yet the poll tax, as a revenue producer, is a flop. | | | Arkansas raises only 5 percent of her total school budget by the poll tax, a tax that keeps a good 80 percent of her adult citizens from voting. |
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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - POLL-TAX: |
| | According to these two historians, while the other taxes were levied by Herod himself in order to meet the expenses of internal administration of the province the capitation tax was paid into the Roman treasury. | | | The custom of taxing a population at a certain amount per head dates back to very ancient times. | | | Although the contribution of half a shekel was required only at the time of the numbering of the children of Israel, the rabbinical law makes it an annual tax. |
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http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=409&letter=P
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| | Whole Number 71 - December 1994 |
| | The poll tax was to be assessed upon "each taxable person in the town, where he shall be an inhabitant on the first day of May in each year." Minors' poll taxes were to be assessed upon parents or guardians. | | | The poll tax was a tax on one's person, and could only be avoided by living beyond the pale of "civilized" government. | | | A tax is a tax, regardless of why it is levied or how it is spent. |
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http://members.aol.com/vlntryst/wn71.html
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| | poll tax nightmare |
| | As part of the government’s plans to introduce the poll tax, a new register of people who must pay is being drawn up. | | | This system meant that the owner of a property had to pay a local tax (the rates) which was proportional to the rentable value of the property. | | | The poll tax will take a uniform sum from each adult living in a particular district. |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3909/our80s90s/tpt.html
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| | ABCNEWS.com : Poll: Tax Cut Remains Lower Priority |
| | The tax cut will be a centerpiece of the budget he presents to Congress on Tuesday, the first budget plan of his new administration. | | | Given these views, this poll finds that if taxes are to be cut, 53 percent of Americans prefer a smaller, more targeted approach rather than Bush's across-the-board plan. | | | Men are more fiscally oriented; they're 16 points more likely than women to give top priority to a tax cut, and nine points more apt to prefer debt reduction. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/poll010226.html
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| | A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Poll Tax PBS |
| | The origin of the tax is associated with the agrarian unrest of the 1880s and 1890s, which culminated in the rise of the Populist Party in the West and the South. | | | When payment of the poll tax was made a prerequisite to voting, impoverished blacks and often poor whites, unable to afford the tax, were denied the right to vote. | | | Once the Populists had been defeated, the Democrats amended their state constitutions or drafted new ones to include various disfranchising devices. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/poll_tax.html
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| | Poll: More want jobs program, reduced deficit than tax cut. - Apr. 15, 2004 |
| | The poll found 76 percent of those surveyed would have preferred the government devote resources to job creation rather than the tax cut, and even 54 percent of Republicans would have chosen jobs over tax cuts. | | | While a majority of Republicans would have chosen tax cuts over deficit reduction, Democrats picked deficit reduction by a two-to-one margin, while 49 percent of independents would have preferred reducing the federal deficit. | | | The poll also found Americans badly split along partisan lines on the question of whether the tax cut helped the economy. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/15/news/economy/election_moneypoll
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| | RESIST THE POLL TAX |
| | We intend to produce more anti-poll tax material in the future, including information on the resistance to community charge in Scotland, and a pamphlet dealing with the issues raised by the poll tax and resistance to it. | | | The result of this measure is that everyone over the age of 18, with a few exceptions, will have to pay their own individual contributions to local government. | | | The present Tory government plans to replace ‘the rates system with the "poll tax". |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3909/our80s90s/resisttpt.html
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| | Making Economic Sense |
| | Not only that: but a poll tax is a charge levied on a person's very existence, and the person must often be hunted down at great expense to be forced to pay the tax. | | | The concept of an equal tax per head is called the "poll tax," and Mrs. | | | Unfortunately, the local tax case is characteristic of the Thatcher regime. |
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http://www.mises.org/econsense/ch62.asp
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| | Polltax.co.uk Council Tax and Poll Tax Discussion Forum |
| | So that households do not face higher council tax bills than would otherwise be the case because of the special needs of a person with a disability, there is a one band reduction in their bills. | | | The council tax bill for a dwelling which is no-one's main home is reduced by a half (50%). | | | The amount will be a set proportion of your pay after certain other deductions (such as income tax and national insurance) -your employer may also deduct a further £1 towards his costs in making each deduction and sending it to the council. |
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| | Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Poll tax rolls, 1791-1793 |
| | To deal with the provincial debt the legislature passed poll tax acts in 1791, 1792 and 1793 which levied a capitation tax on all adult males. | | | The amount of tax was based on a person's employment and their ownership of cattle or sheep and was collected until the legislation was repealed in 1796. | | | RG 31-104, the Impost and Excise series of the Treasury Papers, contains documents relating to the collection of these taxes. |
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| | State: Poll: State tax cuts lose favor |
| | On tax cuts, 16 percent agreed with the statement that "Taxes in Florida should be cut even more to help ease the financial burden on most Floridians." | | | While Gov. Jeb Bush has proposed further cuts in the intangibles tax and restoring the popular sales tax holiday, a mere 16 percent of voters see the the need for more tax cuts. | | | Thirty-nine percent said taxes have been cut enough and another 34 percent said taxes have been cut too much. |
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http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/07/State/Poll__State_tax_cuts_.shtml
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| | BBC ON THIS DAY 31 1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration |
| | The poll tax enraged people because it was a levy on individuals regardless of means. | | | It was replaced by the council tax - a levy related to the value of a house. | | | One in five yet to pay poll tax |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/31/newsid_2530000/2530763.stm
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| | Chinese in New Zealand |
| | The Government’s formal apology on 12 February 2002 those who were required to pay a Poll Tax before entering New Zealand and to their descendents and families is some recognition of the injustice inflicted on early Chinese. | | | Helen Clark (Prime Minister) makes an apology on behalf of the NZ Government for the Poll Tax. | | | David Fung explains the background and history leading the Government's 2002 apology for the Poll Tax. |
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| | ABCNEWS.com : Poll: Kill Tax Cut to Avoid Deficit |
| | Without the positive attribute of avoiding a deficit, dropping the tax cut is still preferred, but by less of a margin: Among respondents who were asked simply if they support or oppose canceling the tax cut, 45 percent favored canceling it, 36 percent keeping it. | | | Fifty-two percent of adults say they'd support killing the tax cut "if doing so helped to avoid a deficit in the federal budget," while 32 percent would want the tax cut to go ahead — a 20-point margin in favor of canceling it. | | | It's a sensitive issue for the Democrats, since some of them voted in favor of the 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax cut. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/taxcut_poll_020122.html
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| | poll tax |
| | a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage. |
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| | Georgia's New Poll Tax |
| | Poll taxes may be unConstitutional, but they certainly aren't wrong. | | | Further, why should you have to prove to the state that you are too poor to pay a poll tax when poll taxes are already illegal. | | | The most that can be said is that it has an unintended consequence of functioning as a poll tax. |
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| | Delinquent Poll Tax List for 1842 |
| | If the poll tax was not paid, then the person could not vote. | | | [Note: A poll tax was levied on every male person in a household of legal voting age of 21. | | | Order of information listed is name, status, number of people, amount of tax. |
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| | Evil in return - the Poll Tax riots |
| | With poll tax now seen as Thatcher's biggest blunder, this off-the-cuff reaction has stood the test of time rather well. | | | At a time when everyone expected the March 31st poll tax demonstration to be just another demo, several of us went to try to sell copies of LandTUR. | | | Evil in return - the Poll Tax riots |
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| | FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Twenty-Fourth Amendment |
| | Ratification of the Twenty-fourth Amendment marked the culmination of an endeavor begun in Congress in 1939 to effect elimination of the poll tax as a qualification for voting in federal elections. | | | Property qualifications extend back to colonial days, but the poll tax itself as a qualification was instituted in eleven States of the South following the end of Reconstruction, although at the time of the ratification of this Amendment only five States still retained it. | | | Twenty-Fourth Amendment - Abolition of the Poll Tax Qualification in Federal Elections |
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| | JS Online: Poll says tax cheats needn't fear friends |
| | As poll respondents moved up the income ladder, they reported greater dissatisfaction with the amount of taxes they pay. | | | The results indicate that the tax system relies on people's sense of fairness, and "if that ever goes away, the system is in trouble," Ferree said. | | | But at the same time, 49% said their family pays its fair share of taxes, compared with 46% who said they believe they pay more than their fair share, and 2% who say they pay less. |
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| | The Poll Tax: The battle that brought down Thatcher |
| | In 1987 the Conservatives had been re-elected with a promise to introduce the poll tax - a deliberate move to shift even more wealth from the poor to the rich and further cut local authority spending. | | | It was clear that millions just could not afford to pay the poll tax. | | | "NO POLL tax, no poll tax, no poll tax," echoed around Trafalgar Square as over 200,000 anti-poll tax demonstrators flooded the streets of central London. |
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| | If sales tax lower, support for income tax strong, poll says - Friday, 03/19/04 |
| | Support for a state income tax paired with sales tax cuts has been steady since the General Assembly raised the sales tax rate in 2002, the polls show. | | | Almost 60% of Tennesseans say they would support a state income tax if it were paired with sales tax cuts, according to a new poll. | | | If sales tax lower, support for income tax strong, poll says - Friday, 03/19/04 |
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| | OnPolitics |
| | Which of these tax plans would you prefer: A large tax-cut plan that provides an across-the-board tax cut for everyone, or a smaller tax cut plan that provides targeted tax cuts mainly for lower and middle-income people? | | | As you may know, Bush has proposed cutting taxes by one-point-six trillion dollars over 10 years. | | | Do you think this tax cut would or would not leave enough money to keep the federal budget balanced and provide enough money for programs such as Social Security, education and health care? |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data022701.htm
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| | ☞ Tax - Poll Tax |
| | We're dedicated to lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. CSE is made of grassroots Americans fighting for Social Security reform, repeal of the Death Tax, tax cuts in general, and limiting the size and scope of government. | | | Poll shows support for offshoring tax | A Harris Interactive-CNET News.com poll of IT executives shows surprising support for a per-head tax on American jobs exported abroad. | May 4, 2004, 4:00 AM PT | Charles Cooper | | | Poll shows support for offshoring tax | A Harris Interactive-CNET News.com poll of IT executives shows surprising support for a per-head tax on American jobs exported abroad. | |
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| | Library - Poll Tax |
| | Poll Tax Roll - Edinburgh - Canongate, 1694 | | | Poll Tax Roll - Edinburgh - Greyfriars, 1694 | | | Poll Tax Roll -Carrington, Cranston, Fala and Newbattle, 1694 |
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| | Green Tax Shift Headquarters ecological tax reform ecotax eco-tax pollution |
| | Green Taxes Project has the latest news from the exciting Minnesota campaign for a serious tax shift. | | | Green Budget Reform -- some Canadian resources on ecological tax reform, the environment and fiscal responsibility. | | | Coalition Seeks a Green Tax Shift for Washington, D.C. The European Environmental Agency has, among many other things, a report on Environmental Taxes. |
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| | Environmental Economics: Gas tax opinion poll |
| | I think the tax increase should be $2.50 not $0.50. | | | A gas tax increase could implemented over a number of years, lessening the disruption. | | | I'd be more likely to support a modest gas tax hike like this if it were accompanied by reduction or elimination of CAFE standards. |
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| | Light Reading - Poll: Options Tax Problems Are Common - Telecom News Analysis |
| | In fact, the price plunged and Speltz ended up with a tax bill of more than $250,000 that he couldn't pay (see No Relief for AMT Sufferers). | | | A significant proportion of the people that have taken Light Reading's Work Poll this month say they've been burned by big tax bills on the options they've exercised. | | | "Other" taxes -- that is, neither AMT nor capital gains tax -- are cited by 35 percent of respondents. |
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| | BBC NEWS Scotland Howard 'sorry' for poll tax |
| | Mr Howard was local government minister in 1987 and 1988, and as such a driving force behind the imposition of the poll tax by the then Conservative government. | | | "Obviously the poll tax was a mistake and I have apologised for it," he said. | | | Conservative leader Michael Howard has apologised again for his party's role in introducing the ill-fated poll tax. |
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| | The Office of Ethnic Affairs: Follow Up to Apology to Chinese Community - Research Family History |
| | If your ancestor came as a student, a refugee or on a temporary permit before 1950, you are also counted as a descendant because those migrants were sponsored by poll tax payers. | | | How do you know if you are descended from someone who paid the poll tax? | | | Because of these difficulties care should always be taken by researchers when using the records in this list. |
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| | Poll: Raise tax on tobacco |
| | Nearly as many, 57 percent, favor a raise in the tax even when faced with the argument that it would disproportionately tax the poor. | | | FRANKFORT - Voters think Kentucky should raise the tax on cigarettes to get money for education and social services, even if the poor pay it disproportionately, a poll indicates. | | | Kentucky's tax, 3 cents per pack, is the nation's second-lowest. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/10/27/loc_wwwloc6tob.html
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| | Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: Exemption of Tours from Poll Tax, c 585 |
| | The poll tax, of primitive origin, was direct and personal, and by its nature, therefore, was likely to cause more resentment than an indirect tax. | | | Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Tours: Exemption of Tours from Poll Tax, c 585 | | | If you do reduplicate the document, indicate the source. |
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| | Independent Online Edition > Media |
| | BBC is accused of levying 'poll tax on television' | | | The corporation put its plans for an annual increase of 2.3 per cent to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, saying it needed the money to pay for the digital switchover. | | | BBC chiefs have come under fire for their attempt to take the licence fee to £180 by 2013, with MPs calling the above-inflation rise a "poll tax on television". |
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| | poll tax. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 |
| | A tax required as a qualification for voting. | | | The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1964, prohibits poll taxes for federal elections. | | | After the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution extended the vote to blacks in 1870, many southern states instituted poll taxes to prevent blacks from voting. |
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| | GOPUSA -- Online Activist |
| | If conservatives stay home from the polls or vote third party this fall, who will be hurt the most? | | | Everybody's Doing It: Abolish The Capital Gains Tax | | | GOPUSA is proud to announce the opening of our new store -- the GOPUSA Online Market. |
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| | Amazon.com: Poll Tax Rebellion: Books: Danny Burns,Mark Simmons |
| | Amazon.com: Poll Tax Rebellion: Books: Danny Burns,Mark Simmons | | | Subjects > Business & Investing > Industries & Professions > Accounting > Taxes > International | | | Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1873176503?v=glance
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| | Criticism of Voting Law Was Overruled |
| | Federal taxes from six states and the District of Columbia are due today, April 18, while the rest of the country's taxes were due yesterday. | | | The plan was blocked on constitutional grounds in October by a U.S. District Court judge, who compared the measure to a Jim Crow-era poll tax. | | | Those without a driver's license or other photo identification are required to obtain a special digital identification card, which would cost $20 for five years and could be obtained from motor vehicle offices in only 59 of the state's 159 counties. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602504.html
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| | The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 |
| | In addition, the Attorney General could designate a county covered by these special provisions for the appointment of a federal examiner to review the qualifications of persons who wanted to register to vote. | | | The Voting Rights Act had not included a provision prohibiting poll taxes, but had directed the Attorney General to challenge its use. | | | Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966), the Supreme Court held Virginia's poll tax to be unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. |
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| | ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: A Poll Tax in Georgia? |
| | This same topic has recently been debated in Indiana, and I am pretty sure the law has been passed. | | | Virginia State Board of Elections, held that poll taxes for state elections are an unconstitutional violation of the 14th Amendment. | | | Scott, I think it's still a "tax" even when those who can't afford it are exempt. |
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| | BBC - History - Poll Tax 1990 |
| | This became known as the Poll Tax after the hated 14th-century Poll Tax, which had been a major cause of the Peasants' Revolt. | | | The result in the late 20th century was a large anti-Government vote in local and by-elections. |
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| | Photo ID Requirement Compromises Voter Rights |
| | The report's recommendations and ideas about voter information, poll workers, polling places, security of voting systems, and investigation and prosecution of election fraud are also all worthy of consideration. | | | It's critical that states clarify what standard applies when a voter casts a ballot in the wrong polling place or precinct but in the correct jurisdiction. | | | Requiring universal government-issued photo IDs at the polls is a modern day poll tax and will not solve the problems of fraud and misconduct that occasionally plague our electoral system. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2005/11/voter_id.html
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