And we're back to voting...again. This time around, poll taxes had to be abolished. I really am surprised how long this amendment took to be put in place. You would think after passing three amendments in a row regarding slavery, citizenship, and voting that this would have followed as soon as poll taxes started to pop up. They were simply another way to deny rights to black citizens.
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This is an interesting video I found concerning a new "poll tax" in the form of waiting in line. Basically, the lines were so bad that if you couldn't stand for at least a 2 and 1/2 hour wait in some places (others as much as 6-10) you didn't get to vote. Definitely an interesting concept, and makes sense to me that there should probably be more places to vote to consider those that can't stand that long (i.e-the elderly).
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Sorry for the double MSNBC post here (I try to hear both sides as much as possible), but this is something that has actually been tried in places. Even the supreme court had to affirm that college students had the right to vote in 1979. Unfortunately, those in our party don't always play nice (as you can tell by the slandering ads that run before elections).
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