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To: Dragonfly who wrote (150)	5/26/1998 7:40:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 880

>>Your link didn't work, by the way. I'm not surprised it didn't work for you. I'm sure it worked for those less "challenged". Here's the text: Social Science: Political Science Poll Tax Poll Tax, tax levied on an individual, usually as a prerequisite for voting. Poll taxes were originally levied on conquered people by the ancient Greeks and Romans. In the United States poll taxes were levied only occasionally until after the American Civil War (1861-1865). They were then adopted by the Southern states as a way of circumventing the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. Blacks who could not pay the tax were not allowed to vote. Poll taxes were eventually repealed in several states. In 1964 the 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution was ratified, prohibiting poll taxes in federal elections. In 1966 the prohibition was extended to state elections. Encarta Concise Encyclopedia Survey Form - Tell us what you think. encarta.msn.com