Persuaded in part by Lane's abolitionist views, Alcott took a stand against the John Tyler administration's plan to annex Texas as a slave territory and refused to pay his poll tax.

" The annual poll tax was only $ 1. 50.

In 1799 all special tolls were abolished, and in 1802 the poll tax was removed.

In organisational terms, the party leadership continued to battle with the Militant tendency, though by now Militant was in retreat in the party and was simultaneously attracted by the opportunities to grow outside Labour's ranks — opportunities largely created by Margaret Thatcher's hugely unpopular poll tax.

The policy review — reporting in 1989 — coincided with Labour's move ahead in the polls as the poll tax row was destroying Conservative support, and Labour won big victories in local by-elections.

Margaret Thatcher's party forced her from power after the introduction of the poll tax ; Sir Anthony Eden fell from power following the Suez Crisis ; and Neville Chamberlain resigned in 1940 after the Allies were forced to retreat from Norway, as he believed a government supported by all parties was essential, and the Labour and Liberal parties would not join a government headed by him.

A poll tax ( head tax or capitation tax, per U. S. English usage ) is a tax of a portioned, fixed amount applied to an individual in accordance with the census ( as opposed to a percentage of income ).

When a corvée is commuted for cash payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax ( and vice versa, if a poll tax obligation can be worked off ).

The word poll is an English word that once meant " head "-and still does, in some specialised contexts-hence the name poll tax for a per-person tax.

As prescribed in Exodus ( 30: 11-16 ) Jewish law imposed a poll tax of half-shekel, payable by every man above the age of twenty (" the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less ").

The ancient Romans imposed a tributum capitis ( poll tax ) as one of the principal direct taxes on the peoples of the Roman provinces ( Digest 50, tit. 15 ).

In the Republican period, poll taxes were principally collected by private tax farmers ( publicani ), but from the time of Emperor Augustus, the collection were gradually transferred to magistrates and the senates of provincial cities.

The Roman census was conducted periodically in the provinces to draw up and update the poll tax register.

The Roman poll tax fell principally on Roman subjects in the provinces, but not on Roman citizens.

Towns in the provinces who possessed the Jus Italicum ( enjoying the " privileges of Italy ") were exempted from the poll tax.

The 212 edict of Emperor Caracalla which formally conferred Roman citizenship on all residents of Roman provinces, did not however exempt them from the poll tax.

The poll was taken at the Center's annual builders' intentions conference.

As he was leaving office, a CNN / USA TODAY / Gallup poll revealed 45 % said they would miss him.

However, in the same poll, when respondents were asked to name the worst president since World War II, Clinton was placed number three behind Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.

From a poll conducted of the American people in December 1999, Clinton was among eighteen included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th century.

In 1986, in a poll conducted by GOAL magazine, he was named the most overlooked talent in hockey.

In January 2011 Charlton was voted the 4th greatest Manchester United player of all time by the readers of Inside United and ManUtd. com, behind Ryan Giggs ( who topped the poll ), Eric Cantona and George Best.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

Though the merger process was traumatic and the new party suffered a few years of extremely poor poll results, it gradually found much greater electoral success than the Liberal Party had done in the post-war era.

However, in a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was # 1 on their list of " The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures ".

* In 2002, on a UK poll broadcast by the BBC, Chaplin was ranked number 66 on a list of the 100 Greatest Britons.

In 2004, he was voted the greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a poll of 139 academics organised by MORI.

In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by the Dan yr Ogof caves.

In his first season, Brown was the NFL's leading rusher with 942 yards in a 12-game regular season and was voted rookie of the year in a United Press poll.

In a 1982 poll, she was voted fourth most recognisable woman in Britain, after Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.

In May 2001, " Don't Dream it's Over " was voted 7th in a poll of the Best Australian Songs of Alltime by the Australasian Performing Rights Association.

In Australia, name change was formerly accomplished by deed poll but now is done by completing a Change of Name form.

Dino Zoff was born in Mariano del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( Italy ), and was elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the third best goalkeeper of the 20th Century-after Lev Yashin ( 1st ) and Gordon Banks ( 2nd ).

" In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29.

In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, he was ranked 29.

It was voted # 1 in an Australian youth radio poll ( the Triple J Hottest 100 ).

In 2001 " American Pie " was voted No. 5 in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

It passed segregationist Jim Crow laws and in 1902 rewrote the Constitution of Virginia to include a poll tax and other voter registration measures that effectively disfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the U. S. Army, proposed the creation of a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission, supported the elimination of state poll taxes ( which effectively discriminated against poor blacks and whites ), and supported drafting federal anti-lynching laws.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from 1890 to 1908, ten of eleven Southern legislatures ratified new constitutions and amendments to effectively disfranchise most African Americans and many poor whites through devices such as poll taxes, property and residency requirements, and literacy tests.

From 1890 to 1908, 10 of the 11 former Confederate states passed disfranchising constitutions or amendments, with provisions for poll taxes, residency requirements, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses that effectively disfranchised most black voters and many poor whites.

Shortly after Montague's inauguration, and with his support, the Virginia Constitution of 1902 was enacted, with poll taxes and literacy tests that effectively disenfranchised the black vote.

After Alabama's grandfather clause, that disenfranchised most black voters, was declared unconstitutional, Bankhead was one of the authors of Alabama's revised voting law that effectively kept most black voters from registering, through a series of tests and poll taxes.

On paper, former slaves gained the right to vote ; however, most blacks remained desperately poor, and a high poll tax effectively excluded them from the franchise.

In the former Confederate South, from 1890 to 1908, starting with Mississippi, legislatures of ten of the eleven states passed disfranchising constitutions, which had new provisions for poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements that effectively disfranchised nearly all blacks and tens of thousands of poor whites.

* A Gallup poll in May showed 48 % of U. S. respondents felt the Government was handling the war effectively ; 28 % felt the situation was being handled badly ; the rest, no opinion.

* Mississippi, with a white Democrat-dominated legislature, passes a new constitution that effectively disfranchises most blacks through voter registration and electoral requirements, e. g., poll taxes, residency tests and literacy tests.

A poll tax enacted in 1902 effectively disenfranchised blacks and poor whites.

From 1890 to 1908, most of the Southern states, starting with Mississippi, created new constitutions with further provisions: poll taxes, literacy and understanding tests, and increased residency requirements, that effectively disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites.

The new constitution legitimized poll taxes as prerequisites for voting, thus effectively causing disfranchisement of blacks ( and many poor whites as well ).

Thanks to the success in the poll, party leader Adolf Hitler – appointed Chancellor since 30 January – was able to pass the Enabling Act on 23 March, which effectively gave him the power of a dictator.

Several polls showed DeVore and Fiorina effectively tied for the Republican nomination, including an L. A. Times / USC poll released on November 8, 2009.

On 2 June 2010, an unscientific internet poll conducted by TVN24 news network's website showed 22 % voter support for Korwin-Mikke, effectively placing him at the second spot next to Bronisław Komorowski ( with 35 % votes ) and Jarosław Kaczyński ( 19 % votes ), with 431, 000 total votes.

From 1890 – 1908 states of the former Confederacy passed statutes and amendments to their state constitutions that effectively disfranchised most blacks and tens of thousands of poor whites in the South through devices such as residency requirements, poll taxes, and literacy tests.