the moment you impose ANY different limit than age on voting rights it will get abused. gender, race, social status will all get used against people. by giving

the moment you impose ANY different limit than age on voting rights it will get abused. gender, race, social status will all get used against people. by giving voting rights to everyone you keep the system in check, you cannot ignore certain parts of the population as you need their votes. the under-class in highly developed countries has been raped by free trade (see the recent articles in bloomberg about this) - hence the rise in new populist movements on both the right and left to cater to their needs. and yeah, good luck with your definition of misinformed. for powerful pieces of society galileo was misinformed (god is the center of the universe). MLK too (blakcs are not equal people). gandhi ditto (the superiority of the anglo-saxon populace is clear and evident). the only way to even be able to argue like you - you have no clue about history, hence you are misinformed. really should not be allowed to vote, eh?