before they could even vote. i want to read a quote from a republican, james grant, counters there. sponsored the bill, disputed that charization saying it demirchishs the atrocity of what a poll tax actually was. >> i think poll taxes were atrocious, so was florida's long history of having disenfranchisement permanently this was written in florida's constitution originally as a way to evade the 15th amendment's requirement that all people and black people would be able to vote along with right people. that same history lies behind this in florida and elsewhere and this -- this bill would take what was a bad policy the voters tried to fix it and make it very much about what people can afford and if you can't afford to pay your fines, you can't vote. while it may not be exactly the same as the poll taxes of yesteryear, it's a similar
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