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Post by Hero on Nov 6, 2018 23:00:40 GMT
Can't pass an 8th grade civics class - no voting Have an IQ of 90 or less -no voting Can't read above the 5th grade level - no voting Have no high school diploma - no voting Pay no taxes - no voting * Have criminal convictions - no voting * exceptions made for severely handicapped individuals These minimum standards would yield high quality public servants...not the types that thrive on manipulating dumb people. Republicans would vote for you. Democrats would lynch you.
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Post by bluehen on Nov 6, 2018 23:08:10 GMT
I'm thinking the same for my folks that passed about 4 years back...long time straight ticket republican voters but they were also both quite intelligent.
I think you may have missed the joke, BH.
Probably
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Post by tigercpa on Nov 7, 2018 23:17:53 GMT
Can't pass an 8th grade civics class - no voting Have an IQ of 90 or less -no voting Can't read above the 5th grade level - no voting Have no high school diploma - no voting Pay no taxes - no voting * Have criminal convictions - no voting * exceptions made for severely handicapped individuals These minimum standards would yield high quality public servants...not the types that thrive on manipulating dumb people. Republicans would vote for you. Democrats would lynch you. the ACLU and every SJW group in the US would be setting fire to cities.
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Post by bluehen on Nov 8, 2018 13:51:55 GMT
Of course but this failing political system needs a major 'tough love' overhaul. The founding fathers would be appalled , imo, of how the dumbth factor has determined the direction of the nation.
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 8, 2018 14:02:45 GMT
I am not as worried about the voters as I am the disconnect between the voters and the politicians.
I would like to see three big changes.
1) Increase the House from 435 to 651 to make smaller districts that are more responsive to their communities and less subject to gerrymandering; this change could be accomplished by legislation. 2) Increase the Senate from two per state to three per state. That would allow every state to vote on a senator every two years and increase the value of the overlooked small states in both the Senate and the Electoral College. This change would require an amendment. 3) Eliminate early voting and require a substantial reason (immobility, out of town, etc.) for absentee ballots. 99% should vote in person on the same day. That would have everyone voting on the same information. Had there been early voting in 2000, a lot of people would have voted before the DUI came out, for example. In-person voting allows for strong proof of identity so we know the person filling out the ballot is the actual voter (not someone filling out granny's ballot for her). I am a strong proponent of verifying eligibility at registration and identity at time of voting).
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Post by Bevo on Nov 8, 2018 14:29:01 GMT
I am not as worried about the voters as I am the disconnect between the voters and the politicians. I would like to see three big changes. 1) Increase the House from 435 to 651 to make smaller districts that are more responsive to their communities and less subject to gerrymandering; this change could be accomplished by legislation. 2) Increase the Senate from two per state to three per state. That would allow every state to vote on a senator every two years and increase the value of the overlooked small states in both the Senate and the Electoral College. This change would require an amendment. 3) Eliminate early voting and require a substantial reason (immobility, out of town, etc.) for absentee ballots. 99% should vote in person on the same day. That would have everyone voting on the same information. Had there been early voting in 2000, a lot of people would have voted before the DUI came out, for example. In-person voting allows for strong proof of identity so we know the person filling out the ballot is the actual voter (not someone filling out granny's ballot for her). I am a strong proponent of verifying eligibility at registration and identity at time of voting). I agree completely on all of these.
Early voting has gotten out of hand. At the rate it's going, pretty soon we'll be voting year round.
Gerrymandering is also out of control. The districts should be required, to the extent possible, to be geometrically symmetrical. That change alone would dramatically reduce the polar partisanship we see in the Congress today. Candidates would be FORCED to appeal to a more balanced electorate... rather than the extremes that are carved out in the current system.
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Post by tigercpa on Nov 8, 2018 15:10:12 GMT
Of course but this failing political system needs a major 'tough love' overhaul. The founding fathers would be appalled , imo, of how the dumbth factor has determined the direction of the nation. Yes they would.
Completely agree.
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Post by tigercpa on Nov 8, 2018 15:49:51 GMT
The entire left (and some on the right) claimed Lewandowski beat a woman, and now claim Acosta *never* touched her:
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