[EL] Postage Question

[Paul Gronke]

All voting involves some sort of burden, whether it be voting by mail, voting early in person (not at the precinct), or even at the precinct place. 

The 24th Amendment forbids poll taxes but it does not require government to make voting completely cost free.  The cost of a stamp has been judged not to be an undue burden.

However, I’m not an election lawyer.  I only stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. 
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Paul Gronke
Professor, Reed College
Director, Early Voting Information Center
http://earlyvoting.net

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Other email:  paul.gronke at reed.edu

> On Nov 1, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Gaddie, Ronald K. <rkgaddie at ou.edu> wrote:
> 
> Query: A former student, who is a lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate, wrote and asks "how is paying postage on an absentee ballot not a poll tax?"
> 
> Any knowledgable answers are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
> President's Associates Presidential Professor
> Chair, Department of Political Science
> Senior Fellow, Headington College
> Associate Director, Center for Intelligence & National Security
> General Editor, Social Science Quarterly
> The University of Oklahoma
> 
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