Q. What year was the poll tax finally abolished in the state of Florida?

(Voters at Dade County Courthouse. Credit: Miami News Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.)

A poll tax was once necessary as a requirement for voting in many states. This meant money had to be paid in order to vote. Florida engaged in the practice well into the 20^th century. This made it impossible for poor Floridians to vote and therefore disenfranchised many people; Black and White alike.

A. 1937