Since nobody pays any attention to what I think anyway. I barf out my thoughts on qualification.
Land Ownership via inheritance or purchase qualifies one to vote.
Legal heirs of land owners are qualified to vote. An heir is heir apparent. A family has 6 kids, but only one is going to inherit the land, that one is the only one who inherits the qualification.
Volunteer military service qualifies one to vote after 3 years of good service. There will never be a draft.
Enlistment in public service such a volunteer fire departments/rescue squads qualifies one to vote after 3 years good service.
There will be no more police. There will constables who will serve as enforment arms of the local magistrate for a period of two years. This person or persons will be voted on at large from a pool of citizens. This will be an unpaid or very lowly paid posistion and will be the duty of all citizens to serve if elected. Constabulary and Public Office will be the only conscription within the borders of the powers of the dutiful and constitutional government.
TERM LIMITS
Holders of Public Office will not be treated like Kings, and there will be no titles of royalty such as Esquire. All Free Persons will be the same in the eyes of the law.
Holders of Public Office, once voted in by popular majority MUST serve out the term of that office or answer to the Magistrate. I'm still not certain who the magistrate is going to be, but if you are curious, go read Exodus and Deuteronomy. Holding public office is a duty that can fall onto the backs of any Free Person. Being elected to Public Office conferrs the right to vote. Public Office holders get paid about like soldiers and get fed and clothed in the same manner.
If we are to have any foreign intervention it will be in the form of the peace corps. Teaching the people to fish. We the People will never hand out charity. Three years good service helping others help themselves by getting down there and digging latrines in some 3rd world ****hole will qualify one for voting status. This will help bring balance for those who really do have a problem with military service.
Please make careful note, the GOVERNMENT shall never be in the BUSINESS of charity. If you want to give handouts, that is YOUR business, yours and yours alone and may God bless you for it. No TAX breaks, nothing. The peace corps concept I am talking about is not charity. It is teaching a person to feed themselves, not feeding them.
Other such stuff. I know I need a more balanced approach. This is all off the top of my head.
There should also be a "outside" qualifier, along the lines of what SHOULD be expected of any highschool graduate. Being able to correctly diagram a sentence. Being able to solve for X using the quadratic equation, NOT OPEN BOOK, etceteras.
Further, once the right to vote is conferred. A voter may not vote for the member of a polical party without being able to demonstrate familarity with that party's platform and goals. Blah Blah Blah a congressman without knowing the principal
successes/failures of the incumbant, same for senators, judges, and so on.
Failing to exercise the priviledge to vote could in some instances result in its loss. Not sure what those instances would be, but they could.
The priviledge to vote is lost if a person is convicted of a high crime (treason, counterfeiting, piracy) or other Felony. Felonies shall be murder, grand larceny, rape, and some others of the more henious acts of mankind. Other crimes will be misdemeanors and they shall not result in the loss of the privilege of voting. This crap of making everything under the the sun a felony must come to a screeching halt. What is a felony is pretty clear. What is or isn't a crime seems to be up the whim of todays talking head on the TV or podium pounder on the Hill. Crimes are easy to figure out. They leave real, tangible victims.
Two words
Term Limits
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My boss came up with some goodies. He sez, Motor Voter in reverse. If you Don't Vote, you lose your license. All this 21 crap gets pulled back to 18. A person is a legal person at 18. There is nothing special about 21.
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Being a voter conferrs no special favors or rights. Only the right to vote. All persons living within the borders of the US are accorded the respect of a Free Person. Period. All persons visiting the US must be vouched for by a natural born, and once here, may go about as a Free Person for their time as visitor. At no time will a vistors visa exceed 4 months out of any consecutive 12. If they wish to emmigrate, they must pass a citizenry test like the one described, be able to demonstrate a needed skillset, and only their children or grand children born on US soil may purchase land and become a voter. This is to prevent rich robber baron criminals from raping the 3rd world and retiring on their own private Idaho with the spoils of their evil.
Did I say Term Limits?
Boy, this is fun!
take care
Land Ownership via inheritance or purchase qualifies one to vote.
Legal heirs of land owners are qualified to vote. An heir is heir apparent. A family has 6 kids, but only one is going to inherit the land, that one is the only one who inherits the qualification.
Volunteer military service qualifies one to vote after 3 years of good service. There will never be a draft.
Enlistment in public service such a volunteer fire departments/rescue squads qualifies one to vote after 3 years good service.
There will be no more police. There will constables who will serve as enforment arms of the local magistrate for a period of two years. This person or persons will be voted on at large from a pool of citizens. This will be an unpaid or very lowly paid posistion and will be the duty of all citizens to serve if elected. Constabulary and Public Office will be the only conscription within the borders of the powers of the dutiful and constitutional government.
TERM LIMITS
Holders of Public Office will not be treated like Kings, and there will be no titles of royalty such as Esquire. All Free Persons will be the same in the eyes of the law.
Holders of Public Office, once voted in by popular majority MUST serve out the term of that office or answer to the Magistrate. I'm still not certain who the magistrate is going to be, but if you are curious, go read Exodus and Deuteronomy. Holding public office is a duty that can fall onto the backs of any Free Person. Being elected to Public Office conferrs the right to vote. Public Office holders get paid about like soldiers and get fed and clothed in the same manner.
If we are to have any foreign intervention it will be in the form of the peace corps. Teaching the people to fish. We the People will never hand out charity. Three years good service helping others help themselves by getting down there and digging latrines in some 3rd world ****hole will qualify one for voting status. This will help bring balance for those who really do have a problem with military service.
Please make careful note, the GOVERNMENT shall never be in the BUSINESS of charity. If you want to give handouts, that is YOUR business, yours and yours alone and may God bless you for it. No TAX breaks, nothing. The peace corps concept I am talking about is not charity. It is teaching a person to feed themselves, not feeding them.
Other such stuff. I know I need a more balanced approach. This is all off the top of my head.
There should also be a "outside" qualifier, along the lines of what SHOULD be expected of any highschool graduate. Being able to correctly diagram a sentence. Being able to solve for X using the quadratic equation, NOT OPEN BOOK, etceteras.
Further, once the right to vote is conferred. A voter may not vote for the member of a polical party without being able to demonstrate familarity with that party's platform and goals. Blah Blah Blah a congressman without knowing the principal
successes/failures of the incumbant, same for senators, judges, and so on.
Failing to exercise the priviledge to vote could in some instances result in its loss. Not sure what those instances would be, but they could.
The priviledge to vote is lost if a person is convicted of a high crime (treason, counterfeiting, piracy) or other Felony. Felonies shall be murder, grand larceny, rape, and some others of the more henious acts of mankind. Other crimes will be misdemeanors and they shall not result in the loss of the privilege of voting. This crap of making everything under the the sun a felony must come to a screeching halt. What is a felony is pretty clear. What is or isn't a crime seems to be up the whim of todays talking head on the TV or podium pounder on the Hill. Crimes are easy to figure out. They leave real, tangible victims.
Two words
Term Limits
-----------------
My boss came up with some goodies. He sez, Motor Voter in reverse. If you Don't Vote, you lose your license. All this 21 crap gets pulled back to 18. A person is a legal person at 18. There is nothing special about 21.
------------------
Being a voter conferrs no special favors or rights. Only the right to vote. All persons living within the borders of the US are accorded the respect of a Free Person. Period. All persons visiting the US must be vouched for by a natural born, and once here, may go about as a Free Person for their time as visitor. At no time will a vistors visa exceed 4 months out of any consecutive 12. If they wish to emmigrate, they must pass a citizenry test like the one described, be able to demonstrate a needed skillset, and only their children or grand children born on US soil may purchase land and become a voter. This is to prevent rich robber baron criminals from raping the 3rd world and retiring on their own private Idaho with the spoils of their evil.
Did I say Term Limits?
Boy, this is fun!
take care