Zachary Clary
Zachary Clary

Zachary Clary

Zachary Clary is a historian and PhD candidate specializing in 20th-century politics and African American history at Vanderbilt University. He has written for numerous publications, including The Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian Magazine and The Washington Post-Made by History.

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Voters at a polling station in Dunn Loring, Virginia, November 8, 1960.
1960s

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. This is how Congress banned the practice.