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How did Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, decide who could vote and who couldn't? I tried to watch a couple of videos where their prime minister Ian Smith tried to explain the system but it's highly confusing because he said it wasn't racial. Was it based on your ethnicity, your income, etc.?

by /u/alexleaud2049 in /r/AskHistorians

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