What is a poll tax? Is it related to voting?
I only know that margarent thatcher was unpopular for doing one and that it is somehow a regressive tax…
Cheers!
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Originally called “poll-money,” it was a tax levied against each individual–or head of cattle!–at the same rate. It later became a tax on each voter, again at the same rate, notorious for disenfranchising African Americans in the U.S. South. It is considered regressive because it does not differentiate by ability to pay or financial resources. Fortunately, in this country, this end run around the one person, one vote princple was outlawed by the 14th Amendment.