To remember the day-
When past voters had to pay.
-2015-
It Rocks-To Head To Ballot Box (89)
21 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
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It Rocks-To Head To Ballot Box (89)
29 May 2019 Leave a comment
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To remember the day-
When past voters had to pay.
-2015-
It Rocks-To Head To Ballot Box (363)
13 Apr 2016 1 Comment
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In the past-
Those poll taxes were amassed.
-2016-
Three Who Have Guns (2016)
25 Mar 2016 1 Comment
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1. Those that choose to.
2. Those that feel a right to.
3. Those who were once denied the privilege.
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Now that would be the day-
When someone would attempt to take those away.
The New That Happened To Unfold-From The Old (407)
14 Feb 2016 1 Comment
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To step on the bus, pay, and then get back off, only to go around-
To sit in the back, an act that should have never happened, and is clearly no longer found.
-2016-
A Reminder Set-Lest We Forget (4)
26 Aug 2015 1 Comment
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Spoke with a local polltaker, and they did not know-
That folks, in the South, for about 80 years used to pay to vote thanks to Jim Crowe.
-2015-
It Rocks-To Head To Ballot Box (89)
11 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
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To remember the day-
When past voters had to pay.
-2015-
It Rocks-To Head To Ballot Box (64)
16 May 2015 Leave a comment
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There was a time when-
Depending on finances, one would vote now and then.
-2015-
Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times 