A county judge has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the State of Washington to require felons to pay off their court-ordered fines before applying to have their voting rights restored. The judge apparently likened the practice to a poll tax. But the difference is that, with a poll tax, there’s no way a poor person can vote; in the State of Washington, on the other hand, all a poor man has to do to keep his right to vote is refrain from committing felonies against his fellow citizens.