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What was the purpose of the poll tax?

What was the purpose of the poll tax?
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What was the purpose of the poll tax?

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Poll tax's primary objective was prohibit black people from voting but it also prohibited any poor person from voting.
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it was mainly to keep blacks from voting. so they made up rules the blacks had to follow in order to vote.
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