Terrell Election Law
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terrell-election-law-302-3815073
title:
Terrell Election Law
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The Terrell Election Law was part of a wave of election reform legislation instituting a poll tax, secret ballot, and a closed primary system in Texas from 1902 to 1907, during the Progressive Era of United States history. The 1903 law allowed parties to restrict who could vote in their primaries, paving the way to exclude African-American voters from Democratic Party primaries. A poll tax had been established in 1902 and both laws disenfranchised African Americans. The Terrell Law was named for
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1903 Texas statute
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_Election_Law
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2023-09-26T21:37:28Z
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