I am not convinced that all of the welfare bums always make it to the polls.
In the cities they bus them to the polls. 'Course, now that a lot of places are using electronic voting machines that are easily hacked there isn't nearly as much need for bum busing.
IMHO, the Founders had it right in the beginning when you had to be a property owner, IOW, have a vested interest in the country, in order to be eligible to vote. If it were left up to me anyone receiving gubmint assistance would have their voting rights suspended until such time as they are no longer receiving public assistance.
Alexander Fraser Tytler said it best:
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury."
If we had followed the Constitution we'd still be a Federal Republic.....