[rockthecasbah]

I would prefer amending the constitution. Limit voting rights strictly to persons who are net payers into the system. This would preclude persons who receive more in government supplied benefits than they pay in taxes from continually voting themselves goodies (like welfare recipients and public sector workers). It would bring accountability and common sense back into the political realm.

[MrB]

Real property ownership would be a good indication of “investment” in the system.

It also used to be that women didn’t vote because it was the man’s duty to represent the family beyond the realm of his household.