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Voting behavior during 1966-1968 covering 6 different elections, was analyzed in 9 precincts in Fort Worth, Tex, to study the effects of a 1966 Tex legislature action eliminating the poll tax. Data were drawn from official registration & voting records of all registered individuals; precinct variations were compared with reference to SES or the individuals, & information concerning the geographic location, racial, & ethnic composition, & settlement history of each area. Free registrants were contrasted to taxed registrants with respect to: (1) influence of free registration on rate of voter registration, (2) 1966-election voter behavior, & (3) consistencies in terms of: (A) registration (registering in the same precinct all 3 years) & (B) voting (in the 6 elections under study). Many conclusions are drawn in these 3 areas, the most important finding of which cites that elimination of the poll tax has revealed that it was ineffectual in its primary goal of curtailing low-income white & black voter registration. 2 Tables. C. Grindle.

Res measured the level of individual voting in a series of 6 elections in 9 metropolitan precincts during 3 successive yrs. Registration & election records for the precincts were used to determine consistent registrants & their voting behavior. It was hyp'ed that while the proportion of voters to eligibles in a single election might vary positively with area SES, consistency would vary Independently of SES. For those individuals in the 9 precincts who registered in the same precinct for 3 successive yrs (6,024 of the 10,772 registrants in 1966), 904, or 15%, voted in the 6 elections studied, but this measure of voting consistency indicated little relationship with precinct SES. AA.

This is a case study of Fort Worth's transformation within 100 yrs from a frontier settlement & cowtown to a metropolis. There is a Foreword by Austin L. Porterfield. The book 'is designed primarily for the layman' & has 10 chpts & an index. Chpts (1) & (2) present the general approach of treating the community's development in terms of stages or levels which represent successive phases of relative equilibrium. Chpt (3) analyzes pop composition. Chpt (4) presents itra-city contrasts, while succeeding chpts consider specific phases of Fort Worth --econ life, housing, organized health & welfare, municipal gov, & educ. The final chpt, `What Makes a City Good?' attempts to develop a yardstick for evaluating communities. Many statistics & tables are presented as well as an index. S. F. Fava.