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Here's Why You Don't Need to Pay a Tax to Vote

Before 1962, citizens in some U.S. states had to pay a tax to vote in federal elections. Here's how Congress banned the practice. ....

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Hijacking the electoral college: The plot to deny JFK the presidency 60 years ago

Hijacking the electoral college: The plot to deny JFK the presidency 60 years ago
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John F. Kennedy, right, is sworn in as the 35th president by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, left, on Jan. 20, 1961. Attending are, at the first row, former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, second from right, and former vice president Richard M. Nixon.
It was a bitter, close election, and there were furious allegations of fraud.
After Democrat John F. Kennedy barely beat Republican Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 election, a coalition of opponents plotted to deny him the presidency in the electoral college. Most were White, conservative electors from the south who opposed the young Massachusetts senator’s liberal policies, especially his support for civil rights for Black Americans. ....

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