Should felons be allowed to vote?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Should felons be allowed to vote?
Position1 of 5›: Felons should be allowed to vote once they have served their sentence
Argument1 of 2›: No taxation without representation

Felons still have to pay taxes once they are gainfully employed, so they should be able to represent themselves through voting.

The argument

America was founded on the ideal of 'no taxation without representation'. After completing their sentences, many felons go on to be gainfully employed and pay taxes to the government. Since they are contributing to society, felons should be able to vote. It is unfair to make felons pay taxes to the government if they don't even have the ability to vote for their elected officials. They deserve to be represented by a government they help to fund.

Premises

[P1]America was founded on the principle of "no taxation without representation." [P2] After completing their sentences, many felons are gainfully employed and pay taxes, contributing to society and funding the government. [P3] It is unfair to tax people who help fund the government while denying them any say in electing it. [C] Therefore felons should be allowed to vote once they have served their sentence.

Counter-arguments

While 'no taxation without representation' is a good idea, it does not work in practice. We do not offer everyone who pays taxes the right to vote - for instance, illegal immigrants, people under 18 - and equally, not everyone who votes pays taxes. Taxation is not the litmus test for the right to vote.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] Paying taxes should not be used as the barometer for earning the right to vote.