As others have said, this seems like an ill-formed question. Do you have reason to believe that politicians "cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached"?
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They need to just put voting in with taxes. Everyone files taxes and if they aren’t at least filing them, then they shouldn’t vote. Setting up in person poling is expensive and takes a ton of volunteering and is so rushed to count it costs more to administer securely. The IRS is already solid at record keeping and the infrastructure for data collection is there. Plus, it would kill the horse race aspect of things if the votes were all tallied as they go. I think it would make the whole system easier and would help with any voter verification issues. No one is filing taxes in duplicate to vote more than once. Lol
If you make less than $11,600 in 2024 you don't file taxes because there's no federal tax on that. So yeah, take away peoples voting rights because they're poor. Great fucking idea, so progressive.
I thought you still had to file regardless, even if you aren’t paying anything. I filed when I was in college made under that limit working part time. Got money refunded from my taxes paid because I was below the poverty line.
If you worked a job that withheld taxes but you still didn't make the minimum then you would absolutely want to still file because you would get 100% of that back and have the original amount your employer would have paid you. They can only refund you if you already gave them money.
If you're self employed/gig work/contactor and don't make more than the minimum you don't need to file because you don't have to pay tax. Assuming you didn't have any other liability such as capital gains or sales taxes.
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