Maybe a combination of money AND passing a test. You arrive at the polling location and place money on deposit with the election officials (the amount would be determined on a sliding scale). You proceed to the voting booth where a computer has just generated a three-question civics test for you to answer - nothing terribly difficult, say about high-school level. Get three out of three right, and the booth unlocks so you can cast your ballot and get your deposit back. Get just one wrong and a klaxon sounds, accompanied by a spinning red light. Not only do you forfeit your deposit, but you get to slink shamefaced past your fellow citizens, having just demonstrated - publicly, no less - that you are too stupid or too ignorant to deserve a voice in governing the State.
The preceding was shamelessly cribbed from one of Heinlein's essays in Expanded Universe.
Boru
The preceding was shamelessly cribbed from one of Heinlein's essays in Expanded Universe.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
