Jul 31, 2019

Does the U.S. have a modern poll tax?

Voters cast their ballots at the polling place in the Father Thomas A. Bernas Parish Center in Chicago, Illinois on April 2, 2019. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images

A judge rules against nonprofits' "dark money" donors. Audi's ex-CEO gets caught up in the VW diesel scandal. How states still block people who can't afford to pay court fines from voting.

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Voting rights advocates equate fees to modern-day poll tax

by Candace Manriquez Wrenn , Sasa Woodruff and David Brancaccio

Jul 31, 2019

In most states, a felony conviction can result in the loss of voting rights for some period of time.

Voters cast ballots in Chestertown, Maryland, in October 2018.

Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

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