That seems pretty arbitrary, beans in a jar I mean. Today it wouldn't be anything like that, I'm sure you can appreciate the reality of the situation. Jim Crow laws were based on ignorance/racism.. We know better today.
I'm sure it will be something far more sophisticated like, voter i.d. laws or curtailing early voting. Better yet, set up last minute purges from the voter lists forcing people to prove they are still alive. We have to make as many roadblocks and barriers to a Constitutionally guaranteed right as we can. Let's not forget voter restrictions that target minorities, the elderly and college students. Yes we do know better today. We know how to
hide it better.
Hopefully, in your opinion, I'm not missing your point, how would we ensure the same thing doesn't happen today with intelligence instead of race, who decides whose 'competent' enough to cast their vote, but like I said in the OP, I don't have the answer for that, I have ideas, but not positive solutions. But the alternative seems to be harming us more than it's benefiting us, and I have to ask you, do you agree with that statement or not? Do you think allowing 18 year old people to vote is doing more good or more bad for the country as a whole, based solely on their level of intelligence and grasp on the current issues that most of America care about?
Who's to decide what indicates intelligence? What would be the qualifications? The only thing taking a test shows is that you're either good or bad at taking tests. There are a myriad of reasons why a voter picks a particular candidate. Some pick a candidate on looks. While others toe the party line come Hell or high water. Then you have the well informed. The ones who take the time to study the different platforms and choose the one closest to their own ideology (like me). Finally you have the delusional. I don't have to point them out. You know who you are.
If 18 year old citizens of the United States are old enough to die for their country then they have every right to vote. That's my answer.
The "harm" we are experiencing isn't from allowing everyone to vote. It's from corrupt politicians and corrupt judges that propped up and upheld Citizens United. We have a Senate and House in turmoil from partisan conflict. We have an economy in the toilet due to manipulation/cancelling of regulations, greed, avarice, hubris, etc., etc., etc.. The GOP has done everything possible to slow down economic growth and hinder progress at every opportunity. No, it damn sure isn't because we let Billy-Bob into the voter booth with all the pretty buttons or allowing Bertha to fill out that absentee ballot while munching on pork rinds and using it to sop up the grease before mailing it in. I'm not really making my case, am I? The point is, everyone should have the right to vote.
I just think of myself at 18, which is really all any of us have, personal experiences, and how many times have you guys seen me preach about how useless personal experiences are in regards to scientific findings..? At 18, I was a fucking dimwit, today, I'd slap some sense into my 18 year old self! That guy was retarded!
How many of us weren't at 18...?
Things have changed this is the information age. We have 18 year olds running corporations. Kids today are far more informed than we were at that age.
