Courts have upheld laws conditioning felon re-enfranchisement on financial repayment by reasoning that disenfranchised citizens lack the rights and protections of political equality. Drawing on legal and democratic theory, this Essay challenges that view. Because disenfranchised citizens retain cognizable interests in political participation, financial-repayment conditions are unconstitutional poll taxes.

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重罪犯的重新选举权和“失去”权利的问题

法院通过推理被剥夺权利的公民缺乏政治平等的权利和保护，维持了将重罪犯重新授予经济偿还权的法律。本文借鉴法律和民主理论，对这一观点提出了挑战。由于被剥夺权利的公民在政治参与中保留了可识别的利益，因此财务偿还条件是违宪的人头税。