I used to think this was fascist, but an aside here: Voting should be severely restricted, not limited to:
Basic civics/constitutional knowledge. Pass a test, in English, regarding how our government is set up etc. And by "pass" I mean 90%, or maybe 80% if there are some "difficult" questions on more obscure things (I would say the test should be designed without these).
At the ballot level, a stake in the issue at hand. E.g. property taxes, only if you own instead of rent. Renters shouldn't be able to resentfully go "I'll never own a house let them pay more."
Now, of course, a lot of this would not be necessary if we had constitutional review of laws BEFORE they could be voted on (this applies at house/senate levels both national and state as well), but we've got the process reversed on that so I'm proposing this as an interim step....
Edit: And of course my example, we should not have property tax either. Fucking bullshit....
Anybody who would believe this is "candid" film footage should not be allowed to vote.
I used to think this was fascist, but an aside here: Voting should be severely restricted, not limited to:
Basic civics/constitutional knowledge. Pass a test, in English, regarding how our government is set up etc. And by "pass" I mean 90%, or maybe 80% if there are some "difficult" questions on more obscure things (I would say the test should be designed without these).
At the ballot level, a stake in the issue at hand. E.g. property taxes, only if you own instead of rent. Renters shouldn't be able to resentfully go "I'll never own a house let them pay more."
Now, of course, a lot of this would not be necessary if we had constitutional review of laws BEFORE they could be voted on (this applies at house/senate levels both national and state as well), but we've got the process reversed on that so I'm proposing this as an interim step....
Edit: And of course my example, we should not have property tax either. Fucking bullshit....
The only problem is who performs the test? Who can be trusted not to manipulate and abuse the system to prevent "undesirables" (i.e. us) from voting?
Put checks and balances on the writing of the test.
Basically make the writing of the test itself something that the three branches have to argue over.
That is, of course, when everything's cleaned up and the Deep State isn't puppeteering the three branches.
Yeah it would have to be like vetted patriots or something. Same screening for holding office I'd add....