philosophy Essay

Prior to voting for the Presidency of the United States, you study the positions of the candidates for many, many hours. You know their positions and plans on all major and most of the minor issues of the campaign. You are completely confident that the candidate you’re going to vote for will prove to be the effective leader the country needs. While you’re entering the polling booth, you hear another voter say that he/she is going to vote for the other candidate because that candidate is “just so cute.” Realizing that your intelligent vote has just been cancelled out by a flippant vote, you decide that there ought to be some requirements for eligibility to vote. You write to your congressman to propose a constitutional amendment that will require certain credentials before one is allowed to vote. What credentials do you propose regarding:

Age

IQ

Educational level attained

Literacy level of any language attained

Literacy level of English attained

Mental and emotional competency documented

Citizenship status

Other