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I actually have an idea for getting better voters. Remove the age limits -- on both ends. If you can pull the lever or otherwise unambiguously indicate your cho
by jfengel 1mo ago
I actually have an idea for getting better voters. Remove the age limits -- on both ends. If you can pull the lever or otherwise unambiguously indicate your choice, you can vote.
Obviously this opens up the vote to people who are uneducated and incapable of thinking beyond the shortest term. In other words, not all that much different from existing voters.
The voter won't be better, per se, but they will be different. They will have their own interests, which currently have no voice.
We don't impose intelligence tests on voters. We go on the assumption that somehow, the wisdom of crowds will make up for individual failings. But we're excluding millions of people from that, and they might well make the difference.
- wat10000 1mo ago“On both ends”? Who has an upper age limit?