So I can't figure out if some of you guys are going for police state or "enlightened totalitarianism".
As much as I myself fantasize about who should be able to vote (me and my kind) and who shouldn't (all those other numbskulls), once you step beyond "US citizen", you are approaching dangerous territory, and depending on the political pendulum, you may some day find yourself in the "no vote for you" category.
Maybe direct your efforts to the whole electoral college mess, which currently weights the moron vote to the states with more morons. One state, one vote would alleviate that, and fall in line with at least one definition of a confederated republic.
Bullet point summation, no hairs.
You don't vote if:
- you are collecting welfare (uncompensated money you did nothing to earn)
- you are a government employee in an empirically nonhazardous occupation.
Those two are the largest of the conflicts of interest. As a concession I would make it no voting for any government employees at all for any year they collected a government paycheck, just to prevent future weaseling and scamming.
All other constitutional amendments concerning vote still apply.
As per the articles and amendments the States still choose how to qualify franchise. This arrangement could be enacted by a state legislature now if they so choose.
