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To: Publius

24th Amendment — how in the world did that ever get passed?


93 posted on 11/13/2008 8:28:55 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

They passed it because southern states were using the poll tax to prevent blacks from voting.


96 posted on 11/13/2008 9:55:37 PM PST by Publius
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