1. Disenfranchisement

2. Poll tax Head tax Can’t vote until the tax is paid
Always a law but Constitution of 1877 required all back taxes to be paid in full

3. Literacy Test
Amendment to GA State Constitution under Governor Hoke Smith
Required all applicants registering to vote to interpret sections of the US or GA State Constitutions

4. Grandfather Clause An exemption to the literacy test
Person can vote if a veteran or a descendent of a veteran of the US or Confederate army or navy

5. County unit system Established by the Neill Primary Act of 1917
Applied only to primary elections
Counties given 2 unit votes for each representative in the lower house

6. County unit system Rural vote had more weight than the urban vote
Candidates did NOT need to win the popular vote to win an election
Law in place until the 1960s