I’m yet to see anything written on this topic, but if you do not have a photo ID and wish to vote, will the state cover the cost of the photo ID for you? If not, would this not indicate a poll tax? As a founder of the Dayton Tea Party, a group which tends to believe in a fairly strict adherence to the Constitution and is fairly strident in their anti-taxation policies , I can’t help but wonder how you could support such a measure.

The 24th Amendment made poll taxes in any federal election unconstitutional. This would, of course, still allow Texas and like minded states to invoke a poll tax in state elections. However, not on national ballots. That is unless you choose to acknowledge the Supreme Court Case Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections in 1966 which would have extended this to state elections as well.

I don’t think the case for how making someone spend money in order to vote constitutes a tax. As your are a founding member of the Dayton Tea Party and are able to make anything appear to be a tax when it is a government mandated fee of any kind in order to partake in the day-to-day activities of citizenry.

I look forward to your thoughts on both of these issues.