And this is how it ends...

[ChickNorris]

The trouble with Tribbles comes to mind...

Oh... and suffrage & poll tax.

[Irving]

Some of the Voting minimum standards I could support:
High School diploma or better
Ability to read/write
Be a citizen
Valid I.D.
Be 21 or older
Pass a Citizenship test
Tax payer
Gainfully employed
No convictions
Never committed to a mental institution
Pass a drug test
If a parent, be married to the mother/father and have a stable home life.

There was a time in my life when I had suggested a list similar to this. Life experience has taught me otherwise.

[Great-Kazoo]

Like any system there would be gaps. The point was to limit decision making to people that are upstanding, productive citizens. With the points you?ve brought up it would also seem retirees/the elderly would be ineligible as well. I?d be willing to give the gainfully employed criteria up if I could get any 4-5 of the others enacted.

Do we want the unemployed, 20 year old Mom?s basement dwelling, mentally disturbed, meth addicted, in and out of jail bird, father of 3 children by 3 women deadbeat dad to vote?


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Since you're in the 30 and under age group where do you fall in this manifesto?

I personally don't want an under 40 emotionally fixated Tier 1 AR or nothing person to vote. See, it works both ways.

Now to suggest an unemployed , disabled person would not be eligible.
Which one of us will be going to the VA to tell those disabled vets. Sorry You lost your right to vote?


U.S, Citizen, Or naturalized one.

VALID State issued I.D

18 yrs old. If we're old enough to go to war. We're old enough to vote.
Which BTW: is one of them main ideas behind actually getting the under 21 yr old voting rights. Back before your time.

[cstone]

2016 estimated that 58% of eligible voters cast ballots.
2018 estimated that 47% of eligible voters cast ballots.

IMO it isn’t the number or demographic of citizens who are voting but the education of those citizens we should focus on. Only a deeply flawed indoctrination system within the government schools can explain the rise in support for socialism and progressive ideology. AOC is the example of what is being produced in our nation. Not only do people like her vote, but they advocate for their causes and they run for office. Idiocracy is slowly becoming reality and I fear that future much more than The Walking Dead. I wouldn’t want to be the lone survivor in either but in an Idiocracy future zombies starve.

Be safe.

[Joe_K]

Since you're in the 30 and under age group where do you fall in this manifesto?

I personally don't want an under 40 emotionally fixated Tier 1 AR or nothing person to vote. See, it works both ways.

Now to suggest an unemployed , disabled person would not be eligible.
Which one of us will be going to the VA to tell those disabled vets. Sorry You lost your right to vote?


U.S, Citizen, Or naturalized one.

VALID State issued I.D

18 yrs old. If we're old enough to go to war. We're old enough to vote.
Which BTW: is one of them main ideas behind actually getting the under 21 yr old voting rights. Back before your time.

I never suggested that disabled people should not be allowed to vote, I?ve met very few disabled people in my life that were unable to work at all and in hindsight stated that disallowing people that are unemployed/unable to work/between jobs shouldn?t be a disqualification to vote. Thanks for enlightening me with your insight and life experience.

I?m fine moving the Selective Service age up to 21, and still allow folks 17-20 volunteer.

P.S. I?m not sure what emotionally fixated means,I?ll have something new to check out at the public library using the Dewey Decimal system.




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[Great-Kazoo]

Some of the Voting minimum standards I could support:
High School diploma or better
Ability to read/write
Be a citizen
Valid I.D.
Be 21 or older
Pass a Citizenship test
Tax payer
Gainfully employed
No convictions
Never committed to a mental institution
Pass a drug test
If a parent, be married to the mother/father and have a stable home life.







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I never suggested that disabled people should not be allowed to vote, I?ve met very few disabled people in my life that were unable to work at all and in hindsight stated that disallowing people that are unemployed/unable to work/between jobs shouldn?t be a disqualification to vote. Thanks for enlightening me with your insight and life experience.

I?m fine moving the Selective Service age up to 21, and still allow folks 17-20 volunteer.

P.S. I?m not sure what emotionally fixated means,I?ll have something new to check out at the public library using the Dewey Decimal system.




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If you're fine moving the selected service age to 21. Then you must agree those under 21 are not mature or responsible enough to buy a firearm?

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[Joe_K]

If you're fine moving the selected service age to 21. Then you must agree those under 21 are not mature or responsible enough to buy a firearm?

No, no I do not. The act of voting is far more important than buying a firearm, driving a motor vehicle, or purchasing alcohol or tobacco.


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[CS1983]

I say we just realize how awful an idea a voting public is and go back to a single point of failure that can have its head lopped off.

[Skip]

Why isn't property ownership enough?

And I'm talking title (that word has historical meaning), not renting a house from the bank.

If a person is mature and capable enough at age 16 to own real estate, it makes him a net a taxpayer, and he should be able to vote. Some folks will be renters their entire lives = no vote.