North Carolina Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment (August 1900)

North Carolina Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment
	Election date; August 2, 1900
	Topic; Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements
	Status; Approved
Type; Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin; State legislature

North Carolina Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on August 2, 1900. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to:

require people to "read and write any section of the Constitution in English" to register to vote;
impose a poll tax as a voting requirement; and
exempt males who were eligible to vote on January 1, 1867, or whose direct ancestors were eligible to vote that year from these requirements.

A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment to:

require people to "read and write any section of the Constitution in English" to register to vote;
impose a poll tax as a voting requirement; and
exempt males who were eligible to vote on January 1, 1867, or whose direct ancestors were eligible to vote that year from these requirements.

Election results

North Carolina Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment
Result	Votes	Percentage
Yes	182,217	58.68%
No	128,285	41.32%

Results are officially certified.

The ballot title for Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment was as follows:

“

For Sufrage Amendment

Against Suffrage Amendment

”

The full text of this measure is available here.

See also: North Carolina Constitution

The North Carolina General Assembly placed the amendment on the ballot.

North Carolina Voter Literacy Requirement and Poll Tax Amendment

Election date August 2, 1900
Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

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