1. Military service.
2. Age 30, plus one of the following:
2a. Land ownership. 2b. Business ownership.
2c. Income tax payer with taxable income in 7 consecutive years. (Assuming that we keep the income tax, of course.)
There could be a petition process so that citizens not meeting the criteria can seek the franchise, but the bar should be quite high. After all, few people who do not meet the criteria would be productive citizens.
Finally, the franchise should be denyed to or removed from anyone receiving public assistance (apart from veterans benefits) as such transfers of wealth create a conflict of interest.
I’ll add that anyone working for the government, again, absent military, should not be able to cast a vote. Hordes of government bureaucrats have absolutely zero business being enfranchised, since all they are doing is voting to fleece non-gubmint taxpayers for their overbloated salaries and benefits.
( fieldmarshaldj) stated: "I’ll add that anyone working for the government, again, absent military, should not be able to cast a vote. Hordes of government bureaucrats have absolutely zero business being enfranchised, since all they are doing is voting to fleece non-gubmint taxpayers for their overbloated salaries and benefits."
Our nation's system of socialist-entitlement K-12 schools is the very definition of social welfare. Therefore, no parent with a child in the nation's socialist K-12 schools should be permitted to vote. Ditto for any teacher, principal, administrator, or other worker for the government schools.
By the way,....In my county, the socialist K-12 school district is the single largest employer, with the largest payroll, and investment in buildings and equipment. No other business comes even close. .
Remove all the parents receiving socialist K-12 schooling for their kids and all the people working for the socialist K-12 schools, and in my county the lines at the polling booth would be very short.
“Finally, the franchise should be denyed to or removed from anyone receiving public assistance (apart from veterans benefits) as such transfers of wealth create a conflict of interest.”
Where’s the line there? I’m mostly thinking of the elderly and retired, I suppose.