Every once in a while I think about how things would turn out if there was a system like the one in Starship Troopers:
Everyone has rights, except voting. To be able to vote, you have to serve. It doesn't matter if you have some severe disability, they will find something for you to do, even if it means installing an useless lever somewhere and asking you to move it up and down on a daily basis.
And only 3 things stop you from serving: not being able to understand your oath, being a criminal or having quit the process previously.
If people have to commit and sacrifice in order to be able to vote, maybe they take it more seriously.
Low information voters is why democracies don't work.
Every once in a while I think about how things would turn out if there was a system like the one in Starship Troopers:
Everyone has rights, except voting. To be able to vote, you have to serve. It doesn't matter if you have some severe disability, they will find something for you to do, even if it means installing an useless lever somewhere and asking you to move it up and down on a daily basis.
And only 3 things stop you from serving: not being able to understand your oath, being a criminal or having quit the process previously.
If people have to commit and sacrifice in order to be able to vote, maybe they take it more seriously.