Sorry but i love laying in these delicate subjects.
Now it kind of depends on the countries political system, i realise that. In America, you either choose democrats or republican, in europe you choose 1 party out of 20 ish and the majority of votes try to make a coalition.
From my point of view, the legal age to vote in pretty much any country is 18. Yet we give the same rights to mentally handicapped people that with all due respect have the IQ of an average 10 year old. Indirectly, they decide on healthcare, economy, militairy, social system and basicly all the important things that a party stands for.
I realise that we live in a democracy, where everyone has their rights, but hasn't democracy gone a little to far with this? We basicly put "the right thing to do" over "the smart thing to".
So what do you think? Should the mentally handicapped be allowed to vote? Should they fill in a test beforehand, for that matter, should anyone? Why?
For those that care: i think everyone should take a test before getting the right to vote. It sorts out the people that have no clue about politics, the ones that really don't care (since they won't take the bother of filling in the survey) and it has a higher chance "Smart people" decide who runs the country.