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by slg 2141 days ago
Requiring any tax in order to allow someone to vote is expressly illegal in the US as it used to be abused as a form of voter suppression.

From our Constitution (24th Amendment, Section 1)[1]:

>The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the...

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Well you need a home too to vote? Or how do they send you the envelope otherwise? Isn't that a tax as well. I could count tons on items, where's the line? Transport to polling station? Clothes to show up?
You do not need a home or address to vote. You can setup your mail to be sent to a shelter, a social worker, or any number of other options. The US Postal Service has also been known to deliver to places that don't have official addresses so you might even be able to get something delivered to the "red tent behind the Walmart". You can also generally pick up whatever you need from the local elections office.

Numerous services exist to provide free rides to polling places including some publicly owned transportation options.

The right to vote does not excuse you committing crimes in order to vote and being naked is generally illegal is most of the US which would probably be what prevents you from voting without clothes.