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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)

submitted 1 year ago by autismdragon@hexbear.net to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

But really, we do need a voting competency test.

[-] autismdragon@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Uprise42@artemis.camp 10 points 1 year ago

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