• plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    There is a general rejection of such a test. Obviously voting in its current form doesn’t work. If everybody keeps being allowed to vote, what can be done to improve the quality of the outcome?

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      6 days ago

      If everybody keeps being allowed to vote, what can be done to improve the quality of the outcome?

      With you being the judge of what is the “quality of the outcome”? That isn’t democratic.

      • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Right, who could make that judgement? And everybody voting under the influence of propaganda is also not democratic.

        So what is the moral thing to do?

    • untorquer@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Make it more accessible and provide better candidates.

      Accessible things like:

      • nearly anything other than first past the post
      • Mandated Paid time off to vote.
      • Vote by mail(universal absentee ballot).
      • Strict adherence to vote outcomes (Congress cannot ignore at state nor national level).
      • full-stop limits on campaign spending
      • reform campaign donation regulation
      • limit campaign advertising to small window near election (e.g. 3 months prior)

      Better candidates like:

      • Anyone left of “defacing property is equivalent to or worse than assault on a person”
      • One that has a platform people are excited to vote for

      I promise you there’s plenty of highly educated idiots, such a test would only limit the voting base to elite idiots.