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Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Raise Voting Age to 25 (or have a "competency test" for people 18-25) (www.thedailybeast.com)

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They are sooooooooooo fucking mad that gen z caused the GOP to get wrecked in the midterms lol. Absolutely fuming.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago (18 children)

But really, we do need a voting competency test.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I know why this idea seems attractive to people sometimes, but I don't trust the people in power to administer one in an unbiased way.

also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (10 children)

We need a fair competency test for all voters, young and old. However there is no way to make and maintain a fair test that has no chance for corruption. So every citizen gets a right to vote with no exceptions. Anything restricting voter rights needs abolished

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