Voting Age Alternative

[jnkbortka]

Heres my idea:

What if instead of the voting age, we used the bill of rights as a poll quiz?
we could have a multiple choice test of 25 or so questions on it, with the bill of rights as 10 of the answers, and in order for your vote to count, you must know all 10.

this is based on the premise that all voting citizens should know how the government should be run, without an arbitrary age. this would mean a child prodigy 10 year old could vote, but a mentally challenged 35 year old couldn't (because many retarded citizens are told who to vote for)

[The Desert Fox]

The problem with this is that it's ripe for corruption and bias. The "test graders" have the ability to "fail" people who they don't like, or disagree with on a political issue. For example, I bet that gays in Texas would have a lower "passing rate". Don't even get me started on how they'd likely grade minors.

[UnschoolShqiponjë]

Alternate idea for a voting restriction: the ability to read and write... (special accommodations for the blind etc...)

[jnkbortka]

The Desert Fox Wrote:The problem with this is that it's ripe for corruption and bias. The "test graders" have the ability to "fail" people who they don't like, or disagree with on a political issue. For example, I bet that gays in Texas would have a lower "passing rate". Don't even get me started on how they'd likely grade minors.

thats why I said multiple choice, so that a computer would grade it, leaving the human element out of it.

[Prince Rilian]

No, everyone should be allowed to vote.

Well, actually, voting shouldn't exist. But whatever.

[Liquid]

In the US, a lot of states actually had a test similar to that (only for people over 21), but it got banned in the 1960's.

[Phrozen_Soul]

Now, I am fuck tired right now, haven't studied Roman history in half a year, but didn't the Romans make anyone eligible vote?