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Given that young people have a much bigger stake in the future, we should probably do the opposite — let kids vote and disenfranchise the elderly.
Sure, as long as we also have a competency test for retirees as well.
I wonder who scores better?
Competency tests for everyone!
"These are librul questions! The test is BIASED! The hollowcost is a lie! Ain't no Jews get killed in WWII!"
And then someone gets in that decides that “competency” means whatever they want it to mean, and enough of their party mates run with it, and before you know it we’re back to shit like this:
I'm sure he wants to write the competency test as well. I wouldn't count on it to be fair.
And also raise the minimum age for serving in the armed forces to 25?
Lmao you know they desperately want to lower it so they can get their groomer ass recruiters in even earlier. US would absolutely do child soldiers if they could get away with it, they're only barely not doing so now.
I think we should go back to the old school election system. Only white men with land ownership can vote, and also white men with land ownership can be elected, so Ramaswamy is no longer allowed to run. I’m sure his party will support that, so he should too
Ok, how about nobody below 25 gets taxed then? No taxation without representation.
Felons in states where that loses you voting rights get taxed if they work. Same with if a 16 year old works. We already arent consistent with this one lol
Don’t forget about Puerto Rico, Guam and D.C.
It was always just a slogan for separation from the British Empire.
Do we need to care what this guy thinks?
Not yet but I wouldn't be suprised to see Trump and/or Desantis pick this idea up. Also, I think its both 1. funny and 2. telling how scared they are of gen z.
It certainly opens a can of worms though, I can see the democrats pushing for 16 (Scotland's done the same and it's further pushed the conservatives out of power there).
It'll also be far easier to fight the GOP proposal in court as there will be people who are actively disenfranchised by raising the age, but it's not clear that existing voters could have standing to sue if we enfranchise younger people.
It is literally enshrined in the 26th admendment.
Do you think they have the votes for a constitutional amendment undoing the 26th? I don't.
It is just something they can run on and never mention again once elected because it has zero chance. Their followers will forget anyway, they always do, just like how they "forgot" they supported Bush and an illegal war in Iraq.
From the guy claiming to want to run the Government like Elon runs Twitter?
That was all I needed to know about him.
No.
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How about a competency test for politicians, how bout that? Competency in emotional intelligence, reading comprehension, an ethics check, maybe even just a cursory wherewithal check, even just a reality check.
If "alternative facts" are used, reject candidate.
Remember when we had competency tests for African Americans in the past? Yea....
So we're scrapping the 26th amendment, huh?
Not that people who spend all their time purging the voter rolls and making it hard to vote ever cared for it anyway.
But yeah this is a little harder to make happen than this chucklefuck might think. Good thing to run on since he can't follow through on it.
The #GOP lost 11 of their last 13 special elections, currently can't pass gas and are about to be completely fucked to death by demographics & another COVID wave. How do they think they are going to get a Constitutional Amendment done? 🤣😂🤣😂
Completely Delulu.
So we're scrapping the 26th amendment, huh?
Our current supreme court considers constitutional amendments to be unconstitutional, so I wouldn't be surprised if they rule in favor of scrapping it
Wait, so his proposal is for voters to become more informed before stepping into a voting booth? Did he think this through?
If conservatives are getting crushed now wait til gen z spite-votes against anything conservative because now they have a better understanding of how democracy is supposed to work. Prime leopardsatemyface in the making.
No, his proposal is requiring approval to be able to vote. Next step is to be the one controlling the approving instance. After that they don't need a long-term plan for voting anymore, as it's either them being in control or a revolt.
He is not. He’s proposing bringing back literacy tests.
I think a more adequate solution would be giving all voters a break down of party promises before they make a vote, with some outside organization designated for providing mandatory checks on the party's previous promises and whether/how they delivered them.
Hush, millenials spent the last 2 decades getting conservatives to build a brick wall separating the world from hell with them on the other side, don't ruin the whole effort now, they're so close!
But really, we do need a voting competency test.
I know why this idea seems attractive to people sometimes, but I don't trust the people in power to administer one in an unbiased way.
We need a fair competency test for all voters, young and old. However there is no way to make and maintain a fair test that has no chance for corruption. So every citizen gets a right to vote with no exceptions. Anything restricting voter rights needs abolished
Automatic voter registration needs to happen as well as federal holiday for voting with required day off work for everyone.
Many people lose the chance to vote by being purged from voter rolls or not having time to vote when the voting booth is miles away and they work a 10 hour shift.
Federal holiday for voting accomplishes nothing as company’s will gladly pay you a extra holiday to keep your vote silent.
Required day off to vote doesn’t work on its own. All medical staff can’t take off. Many industries can’t afford to cut staff to allow them to vote. We need multiple days to vote on and everyone needs to be given one of those days off paid. 3 voting days and everyone is required to have 1 paid day off during those days should be enough for every business to get their shit together and find coverage. We can operate as normal for those 3 days.
And finally, more voting locations. Any government building should be a viable voting location. Let me vote at my municipal building. It’s weird I need to go to a church to vote for a government official
Excellent observations and consideration.
I feel the opposite. We should have mandatory voting for all federal general elections. Treat it like jury duty or taxes - voting is a civic duty. You should be compelled to cast a ballot even if you leave it blank because you have no preference.
Of course, this can only workwith automatic voter registration and 100% mail-in ballots.
But really, we do need (ARBITRARY BARRIER) to (HUMAN RIGHT)
