Poll Tax Definition

noun
A tax per person, levied on individuals rather than on property: such a tax as a prerequisite for voting is unconstitutional in the U.S.
Webster's New World
A per capita tax of a fixed amount charged each person to register to vote, or to vote. Such a charge is prohibited in federal elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. State laws requiring such fees have been ruled to violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Poll Tax

Noun

Singular:
poll tax
Plural:
poll taxes

Origin of Poll Tax

  • From sense poll (“head") for “uniform tax per individual"; from sense poll (“voting place") for “tax required to vote".

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