The Importance Of Voting In The United States

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As a citizen of the United States, it is our profound responsibility to vote for our nation’s future leaders. Nevertheless, I am utterly disgusted by the fact that citizens have to pay a poll tax in order to vote. That isn’t really fair. Paying to vote for the people who are to lead our country? Nonsense! Many southern states adopted a poll tax in the late 1800s, and even though the 15th amendment gave former slaves, such as myself, the right to vote, many of the slaves were poor and did not have the money to be able to afford it. But also as a woman myself, I am glad that the 19th amendment was passed and allowed women to vote, and though only passed a couple years ago, not all women are able to vote still!
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