(November 7, 2023 at 6:49 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Maybe.
Or maybe it's a really good political and social development and we're better off for it.
Nah, that's not it. Democracy was a mistake.
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Earning the Vote
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 Nah, that's not it. Democracy was a mistake. 
It seems to me that making people earn the vote would take away from the vote being a true cross-section of the population.
Who gets to decide the requirements? Whoever is in charge of that can lead the vote toward what they want. Being a legal citizen and having reached a certain age seems to be non-arbitrary enough. ![[Image: MmQV79M.png]](https://i.imgur.com/MmQV79M.png)  (November 7, 2023 at 4:51 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: So, maybe an IQ or educational minimum test score requirement? Didn't they do that in the southern states a while back? If the persons qualifies under federal/state laws they get to vote.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
 (November 7, 2023 at 5:12 am)Ahriman Wrote: [...] wealthy people who gained their wealth by means of integrity and honor. Forget their political views, all that stuff can be hashed out later. ![[Image: 640px-Diogenes-statue-Sinop-enhanced.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Diogenes-statue-Sinop-enhanced.jpg/640px-Diogenes-statue-Sinop-enhanced.jpg)
It shouldn't be based on intelligence because the tests are almost certainly too easy. It should be based on wealth and integrity.
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I wouldn't mind a civics test -- so long as high-school civics classes are federally mandated with no exceptions.
 (November 7, 2023 at 11:27 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I wouldn't mind a civics test -- so long as high-school civics classes are federally mandated with no exceptions. Another possible source of test material would be the US citizenship test. Based on the sample questions online, and who can’t get three of those right should be barred from voting. Boru
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Stating something stupid like, This is a christian nation or any sort of obvious breach regarding separation of church and state, should be an automatic disqualification from voting.
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For alot of us, any test would just be an extra barrier to prove we have the right to cast a vote that cannot matter.
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 (November 7, 2023 at 7:04 am)arewethereyet Wrote: It seems to me that making people earn the vote would take away from the vote being a true cross-section of the population. Historically in the USA, adding requirements to voting has been done for the purpose of disenfranchising minority voters. Poll taxes, literacy tests, etc. I'm extremely skeptical for that reason. |
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