WebVoter registration. Payment of a poll tax was a prerequisite to the registration for voting in a number of states until 1965. The tax emerged in some states of the United States in the late nineteenth century as part of the Jim Crow laws.After the right to vote was extended to all races by the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, …

WebUnited States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 2010, in 37 states (with a special election in Utah) and two territories.These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections. As in most midterm elections, the party controlling the White …