And the obverse must be true as well: you may choose to pay taxes, and if you do, you get to vote. If you choose not to pay taxes, you do not get to vote.
Unfortunately, our socialist masters pushed through the 24th Amendment to the Constitution in 1964. It specifically forbids poll taxes, effectively making voting rights a civil right rather than a privilege earned by becoming a true citizen.
Probably not a viable idea, since most people would choose not to pay taxes and take their chances with those who do. Not a wise idea, but probably what would happen.
Perhaps I'm still in favor of the poll tax in that sense. To me, I think it should simply be a condition of voting, just like you must be a US citizen to vote in Federal elections or a state resident for state elections.
In fact, I like Neil Bortz idea of: no federal income taxes, no vote, $1 - $10,000, one vote, $10,001-20,000, 2 votes, and so on up to a max of 5 votes on $50,000 in federal tax payments. The Constitution says voting is a right because you can fog a mirror on a piece of US soil...I understand that. (Hell, dead people have voted twice in Lake County, Indiana, thanks to Acorn.) My feeling is that voting is a right you earn by being a productive member of that society and have something in the pot representing a vested interest in what happens. If you're a parasite, all you want is more for yourself, and that's who politicians pander to.