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  • n  a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
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  • Arts Tax Ruled Constitutional
    A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has ruled the Portland Arts Tax is constitutional. Judge Kelly Skye ruled today that a lawsuit brought by George Wittemeyer incorrectly claimed that the city's $35-a-person tax is a head tax violating the Oregon Constitution or a poll tax violating the U.S. Constitution. "The Arts Tax is not a Poll or Head tax because it is not assessed per capita," Skye ...
    July 2, 2013 - Willamette Week

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