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[–]Dashing-Dove 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One vote per wed family household, and how the spouses jointly decide should be up to them. No children or home property? No vote. I don't believe forward-thinking policies are as important to people when they have no future generation to care about, meaning children of their own, and they'll have less stake in local conditions and governance when they can simply end a rental lease and move.

Extended military service could be an alternative means of securing voting privilege, for people who are infertile or unwilling to have children, and don't own property for whatever reason. Committing 5+ years of one's life to the defense of a nation should be enough sacrifice.

Also, no convicted felons or 1st generation immigrants should ever be able to vote. This would partially limit the destructive incentive of politicians to support widespread immigration and the release of criminal recidivists. A corollary to this would be the elimination of jus soli birthright citizenship, so those born to non-citizen parents would no longer have it automatically conferred.

Lastly, voting should require a basic knowledge test on each candidate and ballot choice, to be designed as neutrally as possible, with bipartisan oversight and mutual agreement. Anyone who fails their test is denied the ballot. This will help to root out ignorant and lazy voters who have no business deciding any future but their own.