单词	poll tax
释义	poll tax noun : a tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Section 259 is part of Article XIV on education and is the surviving reference to the poll tax. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 31 July 2022 The poll tax was used for decades to keep poor people, white and Black, from voting. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 31 July 2022 Florida, Tennessee, and Arkansas were among the first states to take action, passing requirements like the poll tax between 1889 and 1892. Nick Tabor, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2022 But now the House has passed a ruthless attack on democracy, a poll tax in disguise, an attack on college students, the elderly, minorities, and the poor. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2021 The American Civil Liberties Union and its Georgia chapter filed a lawsuit in April 2020 saying that Georgia’s postage requirement for absentee ballots and ballot applications effectively imposes a poll tax and is therefore unconstitutional. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s disastrous poll tax of 1990. Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Sep. 2021 Hidalgo calmly replied that the bill—which would limit voting hours, forbid drive-through voting, and embolden partisan poll watchers—was no different from a literacy test or a poll tax. Stephania Taladri, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021 Mississippi passed laws that required a poll tax and mandated literacy tests. Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1692, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition poll tax noun ˈpōl- : a tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults poll tax noun as in income tax Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance income tax single tax property tax sales tax withholding tax hidden tax sin tax tax value-added tax direct tax personal tax tariff custom(s) excise levy tribute estate tax capitation inheritance tax imposition toll death tax flat tax assessment duty impost surtax proportional tax supertax surcharge
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