• 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.