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I remember this bit of a non-fiction Robert Heinlein book (don't recall the title.) Heinlein postulated a mathematical equation on the voting booth door that had to be solved to let a citizen in.

In fictional "Starship Troopers" one had to be a veteran of "Federal Service" to vote or run for office. Heinlein clearly felt that the "woolly-headed" should not be voting, but as an engineer he was probably a bit over-logical. That's great for engineers, it helps them do their work.

I totally agree with his premise and the founding fathers that some sort of education should be necessary to vote and run for office. A test on the Constitution, American History, Basic Math (nod to RAH) Basic English and something about ethos.

Problem: How do you keep Democrats from subverting and re-writing all that into evil? They are probably already creating a system that forbids liberty-lovers from voting.

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The tag line says it all....

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That was in his “Expanded Universe” collection.