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msnbc.msn.com - 10/31/2008

Transcript: Barack Obama talks to Rachel Maddow 5 days before election - Rachel Maddow show

— msnbc.msn.com — October 30, 2008 - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow flew to Florida to meet with Democratic presidential candidate Barack... Obama on the campaign trail to get his views on the looming election and what Americans can expect should Obama win the office of the ... (more) Transcript: Barack Obama talks to Rachel Maddow 5 days ...

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prospect.org - 11/3/2008

THE NEW POLL TAX.

— prospect.org — This is why Rachel Maddow matters: The poll tax was a sly system of disenfranchisement used in... the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise Southern blacks. Aware that the Constitution now assured everyone the "right" to vote, Southern states imposed ... (more) THE NEW POLL TAX.

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youtube.com - 11/3/2008

RACHEL MADDOW - THE NEW POLL TAX - PAYING TO VOTE (video)

— youtube.com — Rachel: In January 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished the poll tax. A poll tax... was a fee you had to pay at the time of voting. No money, ... (more) RACHEL MADDOW - THE NEW POLL TAX - PAYING TO VOTE (video)

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