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Your right maybe we should have a test that you have to take before you can vote. But that might accidentally disinfancise people who are competent to vote, so to be safe if your family has a tradition of voting you probably learned about it at home, so if your grandfather could vote you don't have to take the test. This is a good and original system you have created.
To vote answer this question.
Snow is the same color as:
Aight I thought the other guy was just trolling, so I didn't bother with a reply, but it looks like you reached the same conclusion, so maybe I didn't make myself clear.
No where in my post did I say uninformed voters shouldn't be allowed to vote; I said they shouldn't vote. That might sound pedantic, but it's an important distinction.
My issue is with the cultural notion that "It's your civic duty to vote!" cuz no, it isn't. Voting is a tool, and like any other tool it can be used in a dangerous way if you don't take the time to understand how it works.
If you're not sure how to operate pneumatic hammer, you shouldn't do that either; but I'm not saying you should be disallowed from handling one or face legal consequences for trying; I'm saying YOU should have the sense to recognize the potential for harm from misuse of the tool in question, and YOU should choose to abstain from trying until you've done some homework.
If you are asking people to self select not to vote, only informed voters will self select out. The vast majority of poorly informed or misinformed voters don't know enough to identify their knowledge gaps. Like a voting Dunning-Kruger asking people to abstain from voting if they are uninformed will actually result in an overall less informed voting population. If you want informed voters then get everyone to vote and increase voter education.
The fact that the facts you're outlining are unpopular here is baffling. It seems like people forgot what "democracy" actually means 🙄
Thanks for putting it in words better than I did.
Finally someone with a reasonable opinion that outlines why discouraging people from voting is dangerous!
I would assume the poll meant "flour" and choose the first option.