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Harrison, Governor of Virginia and argued under the name Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. [2] In the initial case lawyers for Harper and Butts argued against the constitutionality of the poll tax, but on November 12 the courts dismissed the case, citing 1930s precedents established by the United States Supreme Court. [3]
In Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966) the U.S. Supreme Court found that Virginia's poll tax was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The 24th Amendment (1964) prohibited poll taxes in federal elections. However, five states continued to impose a poll tax for voters in state elections.
Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax (equivalent to $19 in 2023) was the last to fall, declared unconstitutional on April 8, 1966, by a federal panel. [20] Virginia attempted to partially abolish its poll tax by requiring a residence certification, but the Supreme Court rejected the arrangement in 1965 in Harman v. Forssenius.
An initial report released in December 2021 stated that there were 12 instances of people possibly voting out of state and one case in ... His Republican counterpart was Election Judge Bob Harper.
A new poll finds likely Virginia voters almost evenly split on which party they’d like in charge of the General Assembly, but more than half agree abortion is a top issue of concern in the ...
These were struck down in 1966 by the US Supreme Court decision in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966), which ruled poll taxes unconstitutional even for state elections. Federal district courts in Alabama and Texas, respectively, struck down these states' poll taxes less than two months before the Harper ruling was issued.
Once thought to be a “swing state” in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, the results of a new poll indicate a likelihood that Virginia will remain in the blue column for the fifth ...
[104] [241] The cases were appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (383 U.S. 663, 1966) that Virginia's poll tax violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process