Reply #29: Everyone 18 and up, including prisoners. 13 and up may vote with passage of a basic civics and

[TheKentuckian]

Constitution test but would not be required by law to participate.

Alternatively, 13-17 would have no test but their vote would only count for half.
I don't think we should be setting the example to young people that it isn't their job to vote or that is something that "parents" do.

Everyone voting (including prisoners) keeps down the divide and conquer tactics as well as suppression efforts and would tend to give us more representative candidates rather than the cynical campaigns we see today that focus on getting out the base and discouraging the opposition while stacking up corporate powered war chests.

I'd also like to break the monopoly on the process that the two primary parties have. They have no constitutional role and as such should have no systemic advantages to running.