The USA is still slightly an epistocracy because there's a civics test before long-term residents gain the right to vote[1]. I think this element of epistocracy

The USA is still slightly an epistocracy because there's a civics test before long-term residents gain the right to vote[1]. I think this element of epistocracy is fine; it's not deliberately racist like the other tests were. There are many possible epistocracies. Some epistocratic measures could decrease oppression of specific demographics, rather than increase it. We currently ban children from voting, presumably because they'd cast bad votes. But if there was a way to measure ability to vote well, then we could let children vote if they have that capability. If there is legal oppression of children (which seems likely, since there's been oppression every other time a non-voting demographic had laws that specifically target them), then the voting children should be able to decrease that. An example of a bad law oppressing children was the Canadian ban against them carrying asthma inhalers in school. Thankfully, this law has changed, but not before it killed someone[2]. Specifically, my proposal is that we adjust the disenfranchisement of citizens that we currently do (of children, felons in some states, and the mentally incapacitated) with a civics test where they can vote if they pass. The civics test for long-term residents might be fine as it is. It seems really easy to me, but maybe that's desirable. [1] https://my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics https://my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics [2] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-mom-urges-schools-to-let-asthmatic-kids-carry-puffers-1.2455861 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-mom-urges-schoo...