text: Standard requirements are to be 18 years of age, and either not have been convicted of a felony or to have had civil rights restored.  I cannot buy in to the notion that paying taxes should enable an underage person to vote, as this is not evidence of judgment or experience.  But I will offer the following idea for your consideration: each year, the IRS would publish the median amount of taxes paid; anyone who had paid that much or more -- or who elected to make an additional payment to cumulate to that amount, could vote.  Why? To keep people who earn less from voting goodies out of the pockets of people who pay more.  Such entitiement programs are becoming an increasing strain on the Treasury.