> I find some appeal in the notion of > having to pay some small poll tax in order to vote. > David B. Levenstam
If there is no penalty in not paying the poll tax, and it is required for voting, then it is not really a poll tax but a tax on voting. Since the probability of my vote being decisive in large elections is epsilon, I would be very happy to have a voting tax and avoid voting. I just wonder how many people would pay the price of voting. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]