tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post223509580554623219..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: AVI Interviews Eben Jenkins About Voting RequirementsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50230276248500805752018-11-19T12:57:24.859-05:002018-11-19T12:57:24.859-05:00I'm on board with the dump sticker. That beca...I'm on board with the dump sticker. That became a white-hot issue in my county last year. What do you do if trash pickup is temporarily disrupted? There were people who never could wrap their minds around it.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23236387331921671122018-11-17T16:43:16.058-05:002018-11-17T16:43:16.058-05:00Eben Jenkins? I was expecting either Enoch Turner ...Eben Jenkins? I was expecting either Enoch Turner or Eben Robay, whom I met decades ago in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4qLXgZUkTc" rel="nofollow">Down East Socialism.</a>RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85256007358671940612010-09-30T17:49:56.407-04:002010-09-30T17:49:56.407-04:00Eb likes to keep it simple. Perhaps those other i...Eb likes to keep it simple. Perhaps those other items could be grounds for exemption from the main rule.<br /><br />A psychologist friend wants to reverse the idea. You can't have children until you've voted in two presidential election.<br /><br />I'm not in favor of any additional restrictions, of course. I consider showing ID to be blindingly obvious. Because voting is a <i>legal</i> right in our system, we tend to confuse it with a moral right. But by history there is no such right - there are other systems of determining "the consent of the governed." Caucuses come to mind, and a republican form of government is already a compromise move because of size.<br /><br />Legal rights can be forfeited. In smaller groups, one forfeits the right to influence by not showing up, not participating, by being deceptive, or by disturbance. <br /><br />Mostly, I was trying to illustrate that a greater wisdom derives from certain life-experiences, and if such are not the basis for voter eligibility, they should at least not be treated disdainfully. As often happens now, where possession of certain cultural attitudes is deemed a higher qualification than important life experiences.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78702818580702869062010-09-30T10:15:54.306-04:002010-09-30T10:15:54.306-04:00Eben's on the right track. I think a combinat...Eben's on the right track. I think a combination of required duties/services (military service, gun ownership, jury duty, volunteer fireman or EMT..) and economic stake (net taxes > benefits, landowner, S&P 500 stockholder..) would work really well, with flexibility to include both poorer folks who serve a lot and richer folks who may serve less.Brentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-13739256363350433932010-09-29T22:51:33.601-04:002010-09-29T22:51:33.601-04:00Now here is some really sensible legislation we al...Now here is some really sensible legislation we all ought get behind. Yessir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com