Answer by NegativeFriction for What are some arguments for why a "license to...
There are a lot of great answers here, but I'd like to propose another group that would be unfairly targeted by the additional difficulty of studying and going to get their voter's license: The...
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Imagine a country like Myanmar, with a Rohingya miniority who speak the Rohingyan language and not necessarily the majority language, Burmese.What language would the test be in?Even an honest...
View ArticleAnswer by user21920 for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote"...
Voting licenses would make it more difficult for those less-engaged voters to vote because typically those unengaged, uninterested voters are the people who are less educated and less wealthy.Democracy...
View ArticleAnswer by user29459 for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote"...
I think this idea of licensing voters is based on a false premise that voters are voting on issues, rather than choosing representatives, who will vote on issues and make decisions on their behalf.The...
View ArticleAnswer by Gunther Schadow for What are some arguments for why a "license to...
I think so far objective answers are lacking, as all of them seem to assume this notion of "voting is a right" and presume that the electorate should include the largest number of people. What is the...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadow1024 for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote"...
1) Minor gerrymandering with questions. According to my academic experience economics is being studied by people more on right wing (especially in economics), while political science seems to attracts...
View ArticleAnswer by David Rice for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote"...
Democracies aren't the "best" form of government except in one major regard - they are less likely to have violent revolutions. Voting makes people feel that they are both responsible for the current...
View ArticleAnswer by Thern for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote" is a...
What are some objective reasons why this won't work as intended, or why it is a bad idea?Oh, it probably would work.But the idea of a democracy is not to always find the best possible solution....
View ArticleAnswer by agc for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote" is a...
A major premise of modern democracies, perhaps the major premise, is that national sovereignty stems from the will of the people, who assemble and design their government to perform certain otherwise...
View ArticleAnswer by Batman for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote" is a...
History shows us that once people are given power that lets them decide if someone can vote or not, they will abuse that power to target and exclude their opponents.For example, in the United States,...
View ArticleAnswer by Annatar for What are some arguments for why a "license to vote" is...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?One important reason to not implement a license system that it is much more vulnerable to manipulations. Whoever runs the tests gets the power to decide who can vote and...
View ArticleWhat are some arguments for why a "license to vote" is a bad idea?
I conversed with someone the other day who said that just like we study and take tests to obtain a driver's license, we should similarly study and pass tests to get a voters' license. She said that...
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