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History of the poll tax by state from 1868 to 1966. Southern states had adopted the poll tax as a requirement for voting as part of a series of laws in the late 19th century intended to exclude black Americans from politics so far as practicable without violating the Fifteenth Amendment. This required that voting not be limited by "race, color ...
A poll tax had been established in 1902 and both laws disenfranchised African Americans. The Terrell Law was named for Alexander W. Terrell. [4] The law was revised in 1905–1906. [2] A 1923 amendment established a complete ban on African Americans voting in any Democratic Party primaries.
Proof of payment of a poll tax was a prerequisite to voter registration in Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia (1877), North and South Carolina, Virginia (until 1882 and again from 1902 with its new constitution), [8] [9] and Texas (1902). [10] The Texas poll tax, instituted on people who were eligible to vote ...
Texas gubernatorial elections, as well as other state office races, are held every four years on the nationwide Election Day, which is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. They are held on years that are even-numbered, but not multiples of four, also known as a midterm , so they do not coincide with the presidential elections.
The Terrell Election Law created a poll tax that, from 1902, disenfranchised virtually all remaining African-American voters, the vast majority of Mexican Americans, and also most poor whites. [3] Voter turnout among males over twenty-one fell from over eighty percent to under thirty percent following the poll tax. [4]
A recent survey revealed that 28 out of 35 districts in the area are considering a tax rate election, highlighting the broader issue of school funding across the state.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
The history of book banning is long and nefarious. In 1637, “New English Canaan” by Thomas Morton became the first book banned in the American colonies because of his criticism of Puritanical ...