[Aurelius]

"No one shall vote in an election who has not paid income tax or property tax within the four preceding years"

Also excluded should be: government employees and other recipients of government payments, grants or welfare. Federal government employees were of course meant to be excluded from voting by the original setup of the District of Columbia.

[Sandy]

Also excluded should be: government employees and other recipients of government payments, grants or welfare.

Agreed.

[FedfromNoVa]

How can you say federal employees (I'm one) shouldn't be allowed to vote? I pay as much federal tax as you, more or less depending on salary. Why shoud I be disenfranchised just because I chose a career serving the public?