# Did the poll tax prevent poor whites from voting?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-poll-tax-prevent-poor-whites-from-voting/496160 "2009-05-12T13:52:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-poll-tax-prevent-poor-whites-from-voting/496160/21 "2009-05-13T13:32:34Z")

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> [@jtgain](#):
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> So what about the idea of making failure to pay a poll tax a felony. Then depriving convicted felons the right to vote?

Can’t be done. Tax delinquency is the only felony for which you cannot constitutionally be disenfranchised.

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