The poll tax required shall not exceed one dollar annually.
Kentucky
Must reside one year in the State, six months in the County, and sixty
days in the precinct.
Must be registered in cities and towns of five thousand inhabitants.
Louisiana
Must reside two years in the State, one year in the parish and six
months in the election precinct.
Must be registered and in order to do so, must be able to read and
write, and shall demonstrate such ability to the registrars.
If unable to read and write, must own property assessed at three
hundred dollars, on which, if personal, all taxes must have been paid.
Persons under sixty years of age must also pay a poll tax of one
dollar annually, on or before the 31st day of December, for two years
next before the time of voting, and shall exhibit such poll tax
receipt for two years to the election officer at the polls.
Mississippi
Must reside in the State two years and one year in the election
district or incorporated town or city.
Must have paid all taxes on or before the first day of February of the
year of the election, and shall produce his tax receipts to the
election officers.
Persons under sixty years of age must pay an annual poll tax of two
dollars to the State, which may be increased one dollar by the County.
Must be registered, and in order to do so must be able to read any
section of the Constitution of the State, or shall be able to
understand the same when read, or give a reasonable interpretation
thereof.
By a decision of the Supreme Court, a person otherwise qualified has a
right to be registered whether his taxes are paid or not.
Any person convicted of felony, adultery, larceny, wife-beating or
miscegenation is forever barred from voting.
North Carolina
Must reside in the State two years, in the County six months, and four
months in the precinct or ward.
Must be registered and in order to do so, must be able to read and
write any section of the Constitution, and shall have paid on or
before the first day of May, an annual poll tax of two dollars for the
previous year.
Persons over fifty years of age are exempt from poll tax.
South Carolina
Must reside in the State two years, in the County one year, and four
months in the polling precinct.
Must be registered, and in order to do so must be able to read and
write any section of the Constitution submitted by the registrars, and
if unable to read and write, must prove to the satisfaction of the
registrars the ownership of three hundred dollars worth of property in
the State, upon which all taxes for the previous year must have been
paid.
All poll tax must be paid six months before election, and tax receipts
showing the payment of all taxes including the poll tax shall be shown
to the election officer at the polls.
Any person convicted of felony, adultery, larceny, wife-beating or
miscegenation is forever barred from voting.
Tennessee
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