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To: vannrox
AU Contrair dear vannrox, one must have FEDERAL service which included the military to vote not just military service. A minor point but important.

Heinlein had some interesting thoughts on universal sufferage.
Mainly he was against it. It was his opinion that a person should have some degree of education in order to vote. I do not recall exactly where I read this but I will try to find the cite and pass it on to you.

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alfa6 ;>}
41 posted on 12/01/2002 2:04:42 PM PST by alfa6
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To: alfa6
It was his opinion that a person should have some degree of education in order to vote. I do not recall exactly where I read this but I will try to find the cite and pass it on to you.

He proposed a system wherein a voter would have to put up an ounce of gold to cast his vote. If he could then solve a simple quadratric equation, he would get his gold back and cast his vote. If he failed, he got neither.

75 posted on 12/01/2002 8:19:22 PM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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