The right to levy a poll tax is not involved. for the levying of poll taxes for educational purposes originated in the New England States long before the South ever levied one. and many of the New England States still collect them. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. and others. The question. of course: is the right of the States to fix and precribe the qualifications for voting. and if the other 41 States of the Union do not happen to prescribe the payment of tax obligations due the State as a prerequisite to voting. they certainly have prescribed other prerequisites which they consider very important. such as citizenship. length of residence. and naturalization of aliens. If Congress can Invade this right of the States on the subject. It can nullify all the others.
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