I think in order to be able to vote. People must pass a test. A test which proves that people have the ability to distinguish between what is left and right wing, what the main parties are and what they usually stand for. To show an ability to understand statistics and what they really mean, like migration stats and stats related to the economy.
People voting blind or voting on personality I think is one of the reasons why the UK voted to leave the EU, why Trump is President, and why Marine Le Pen got to the last hurdle.
NB: I am center right, before people start calling me a loony lefty
Yes.
Age restricted as normal, no vote for prisoners and non-citizens.
Me not that kind of Orc!
Yes
You can't vote if you're some foreigner obviously and are not a citizen.
BTW, the argument about ''you need to do military service or to have some lands'' is a bit ridiculous, since everyone known damn well on this thread and in the USA that the people that enlist tends to be from poor backgrounds (I don't know also what kind of delusion you have to be to assume that ''owning land'' is a criterion for being a wealthy citizen in the USA in 2017)
Morever, who actually get the vote, for the people that drool over manly heroes ? The one man out of ten who actually see something remotely akin to combat ? (1)
(1) It goes without saying that being a cook in a base in Alabama is military service as much as being a Green Beret.
Those people didn't do it for right to vote, since it wouldn't have been required. They did it for whatever personal reasons, unrelated to right to vote. So if it were to be required, there's no reason to credit those prior unrelated choices towards the new requirement. Make everyone start on even ground.
2000 would be extreme, especially for poorer people. If you're working 2-3 jobs, where is the time for service? And if you're working 2-3 jobs, you're trying to be productive and are certainly still paying some taxes, and so should get a say.
100 hours might be more reasonable if we're going to go that route
otherwise I cant be for conditional voting, because we fought way too hard for minorities ot get the right to vote just to take it away because "I think you vote wrong".
It is restricted... heavily. We don't even let people convicted of a felony vote.
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You're missing the point. If you want to force people to do X to earn right to vote, then force everyone. Anyone who chose to do something prior to legislation was not forced into anything, and as such, should definitely not count if you're going to force everyone who didn't choose it.
FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out", also commonly known as people with a mental issue of managing time and activities, many expecting others to fit into their schedule so they don't miss out on things to come. If FOMO becomes a problem for you, do seek help, it can be a very unhealthy lifestyle..