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The Velveteen Ocelot

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11. Actually, poll taxes were found unconstitutional

Reply to guninsuranceblog (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 01:50 PM

Feb 2013

in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections in 1966. The 24th amendment applied only to federal elections, but Virginia was still imposing poll taxes in state elections. The Supreme Court used the 14th Amendment to find state poll taxes unconstitutional.

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In states that have a general sales tax, you pay that tax when you buy a gun or ammunition. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #6

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Actually, poll taxes were found unconstitutional The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #11

So that's where you've been, Allen West! Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #9