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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
My plan would allow for longer time periods of actual voting. It would also create 2 categories of sufferage. There would be some sort of basic competency test. And those people would no longer require representation and would be allowed to vote directly on issues. Other who could not pass the competency test would still have sufferage to vote for representatives.
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
I wonder how many people proposing a civics knowledge test as a voting requirement could actually pass the test they advocate.
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
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I wonder how many people proposing a civic's knowledge test as a voting requirement could actually pass the test they advocate. [/ QUOTE ] Well the test can be fashioned in a manner to get any % you would like. Because of the way that polititians work, It is a bad idea to have these tests. But I would venture a guess that between 10% and 35% of the population would be qualified to have a direct vote on issues. I have no way of actually knowing what the political powers would chose to test, so I can't give an accurate answer. The rest would still require representation. I think the test should be fahioned not on candidates but on The Consitution, ethics, and government knowledge. I also wonder how many polititians would be able to pass it? There needs to be a migration from representative democracy toward direct democracy. |
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Maybe the politicians should have to fill out a standardized questionaire. Instead, they are marketed by the same PR folks who make toothpaste commercials.
Nice to see the John Kerry smear campaign was effective. When the facts change, I change my opinion, what do you do? |
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jimmy carter and suffragemandering
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Maybe the politicians should have to fill out a standardized questionaire. Instead, they are marketed by the same PR folks who make toothpaste commercials. Nice to see the John Kerry smear campaign was effective. When the facts change, I change my opinion, what do you do? [/ QUOTE ]Jimmy Carter summed up the results of the 2004 election pretty well. 10% of the population votes for the sitting president during times of war. If a test was introduced how do you think each party would suffragemander it, so that only people who vote for them would be able to vote. |
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Maybe the politicians should have to fill out a standardized questionaire. Instead, they are marketed by the same PR folks who make toothpaste commercials. Nice to see the John Kerry smear campaign was effective. When the facts change, I change my opinion, what do you do? [/ QUOTE ] If I'm George Bush, I change the facts to support my opinion. |
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
Well since my thread has already irreversibly turned into a partisan mudslinging fest, I will put the final nail in the coffin.
[ QUOTE ] If I'm George Bush, I change the facts to support my opinion. [/ QUOTE ] If I'm John Kerry, I change my opinion... period! |
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Actually, if I'm John Kerry, I change my opinion to suit whatever I think my current audience wants to hear. This is not unusual among politicians. Kerry just did it very badly and very obviously. I only voted for the idiot becuase I though he was a slightly less dangerous idiot than the one he wanted to replace. And it was close.
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Re: Conditional Suffrage?
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I think the test should be fahioned not on candidates but on The Consitution, ethics, and government knowledge. [/ QUOTE ] I agree. [ QUOTE ] I also wonder how many polititians would be able to pass it? [/ QUOTE ] The left would claim the test is racist. [ QUOTE ] There needs to be a migration from representative democracy toward mob rule. [/ QUOTE ] fyp |
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The left would claim the test is racist. [/ QUOTE ] And the right would secretly harbor feelings of racial superiority? [ QUOTE ] There needs to be a migration from representative democracy toward mob rule. [/ QUOTE ] I never said anything about getting rid of the courts. |
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