Wire ServicesAugust 27, 2020
10min277
Critics argue the state is spending just as much money to defend a "poll tax" as it would to waive fees.
Tag: poll tax
Wire ServicesAugust 27, 2020
Jacob OglesFebruary 19, 2020
8min453
Appellate judges upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2019
4min440
Brandes is responding to scathing comments from a judge.
Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2019
12min449
The question is about the specific ballot language voted on and how voters interpreted its terms.
Scott PowersJuly 2, 2019
7min474
'Plaintiffs’ eligibility to vote is based entirely on their financial status', suit argues.
Staff ReportsJune 28, 2019
8min709
But the Governor also said he'd consider restoring even more rights "to non-violent offenders."
Ryan NicolMay 6, 2019
7min625
“Florida has one of the most repressive disenfranchisement policies in the country."
Darryl PaulsonSeptember 18, 20134min356
Fourth in a series. There is universal agreement among the scholars of Southern politics that the literacy test was the primary obstacle confronting blacks who desired to vote. Supposedly, all voters, black and white, had to pass a literacy test before earning the right to vote. Although equally applied to blacks and whites in theory, […]
Darryl PaulsonSeptember 17, 20134min205
Third of six parts. Florida was the first state in the nation to adopt a poll tax. In 1889 the Legislature adopted a $2 annual poll tax as a requirement for voting. On the surface, there was nothing discriminatory about the tax. Both whites and blacks had to pay it. In reality, the legislators knew […]