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Should we have some criteria to be a voter?
5/24/12

Posted on 05/24/2012 4:40:20 AM PDT by bestintxas

While I voted in the primary yesterday, I saw one women come up to the booth, look at the machine display for awhile, then turn around and asked the monitor

"Don't they have a straight-party ticket here?"

The monitor had to explain to her that this was a primary only on who from each party should be on the November ballot.

My question is simple:

Should some imbecile like that even be allowed to vote?

No wonder we have Obama as President, when idiots show up knowing nothing about why they are even there.


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1 posted on 05/24/2012 4:40:22 AM PDT by bestintxas
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I really do believe that you should have to pass a simple current events test to vote. Jay Leno's street interviews are proof of that. If you're unwilling to be informed on gov’t, why should you vote in its determination? Of course, this would never be acceptable. Liberals even fight voter identification. Still, the Founding Fathers had conditions to vote (i.e., land ownership). Perhaps it's time to place some restrictions on the right to vote, and voter ID cards is a minimum for me.
2 posted on 05/24/2012 4:45:33 AM PDT by econjack
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To: bestintxas

Most people couldn’t tell you the difference between a primary and general election.

(Obviously, we are not spending enough on public schools!)


3 posted on 05/24/2012 4:47:56 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: bestintxas

You know, I've wondered the same thing myself ... many times.

4 posted on 05/24/2012 4:51:55 AM PDT by Zakeet (Obama loves to wok dogs)
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To: econjack

The Founding Fathers had wisdom.


5 posted on 05/24/2012 4:52:44 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: econjack

The Founding Fathers had wisdom.


6 posted on 05/24/2012 4:52:48 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: bestintxas

I believe owning real property (land, house, trailer, condo, etc.) should be a requirement for voting. When you own real property you have a stake in your community and will likely vote for people who will maintain these property values (through good economic growth, freedom to use your property to your benefit, low crime, etc.) This is good for society overall and was actually the law of the land when the country was founded.


7 posted on 05/24/2012 4:53:12 AM PDT by SteelToe
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Our forefathers had the right concept at the time....you needed to have an interest (property) in the country.

And as far as the womens vote (yes, I'm a woman), I see them in more cases than not as cancelling their husbands vote. It sure messes things up.

8 posted on 05/24/2012 4:55:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: bestintxas

Right now breathing isn’t a requirement.......


9 posted on 05/24/2012 4:56:50 AM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: bestintxas

Do you mean “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” isn’t sufficient?


10 posted on 05/24/2012 4:56:50 AM PDT by stanne
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To: bestintxas

Criteria: SKIN IN THE GAME

You must be a property owner and pay taxes, or serve in the military.


11 posted on 05/24/2012 4:57:53 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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How about being a landowner that actually pays taxes rather than receives money from the government? Those qualifications sound great.


12 posted on 05/24/2012 4:59:05 AM PDT by she geek
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One minute apart with the same idea...


13 posted on 05/24/2012 5:01:25 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: bestintxas

“Should some imbecile like that even be allowed to vote?”
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Obviously not but then someone who could not pass a background check to enter the military should not be allowed to be president either. A tax cheat should not be alllowed to be treasury secretary, a racist who refers to “my people” and refuses to prosecute “my people” for obvious crimes should not be allowed to be attorney general. These things have come about because any and every dingaling is allowed to vote upon reaching the age of 18. There is no reason whatsoever that a person of any age who is illiterate, unemployed and living on government handouts should be allowed to vote. This is so simple that anyone who even questions it should not be allowed to vote.


14 posted on 05/24/2012 5:03:24 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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I’m all for conditions but we can’t even get past “are you a LEGAL citizen of this country ?”.......


15 posted on 05/24/2012 5:03:38 AM PDT by Mopp4
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To: bestintxas

Yes. Only males over Forty.


16 posted on 05/24/2012 5:05:17 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: bestintxas

In my state, it is fine to haul a senile older person into the booth, and “help” them vote.


17 posted on 05/24/2012 5:07:10 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: bestintxas

While not ideal, even the illiterate must be allowed to vote
in a free democracy.
That, however, is not the problem in America.
Criminal tugs now run the voting...people voting more then once, no voter ID, no poll control, illegals voting...the list goes on.

It should be simple, as it was when I last voted.
I walked into my polling place. Often I was known by the officials at the site. If not, my name was on their books, along with my voting records. While it never came up, I did have a voter registration card in case there was anything questionable.

I just can not see why anyone, other then a Commie democrap, could find anything wrong with this system.

Just as a side note:
In 1964, I had a summer job programing {mechanical) voting machines for the presidential election... Shelby County, TN.


18 posted on 05/24/2012 5:09:35 AM PDT by AlexW
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To: SteelToe

I believe owning real property (land, house, trailer, condo, etc.) should be a requirement for voting.
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Absolutely. Why should people who have no property have the right to raise property taxes on those who do? Where is the social justice ?(sarc).


19 posted on 05/24/2012 5:10:33 AM PDT by NotTallTex
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To: bestintxas

How can we have objective standards for voters when the dead still vote?


20 posted on 05/24/2012 5:22:36 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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