The German free state of Saxony changed its election laws providing for four different classes of voters, those being; taxpaying men, 25 or older, one vote, men with higher incomes, two votes, three or four votes. Men reaching 50 years of age acquired another vote.
Which takes us to stuff we're not supposed to say.
This weighting of the vote was obviously based on the concept that society should be governed by men of means. Current American politics would suggest that this certainly isn't the case. Donald Trump is reputedly as rich as Midas, although how rich he really is, isn't clear, and he clearly shouldn't be in politics and no deliberative person should vote for him. Many, however, are going to.
And that raises a question. In 2024, as opposed, let's say, to 2016, or even 2020, after he attempted to defeat the results of an election, and after those who support him have gone increasingly hardcore populist (not conservative) is there something wrong with the American electorate? It would appear so, and what it would appear to be, is ignorance. That's an ignorance that's reinforcing itself. We'll deal with it elsewhere, but what questions does that raise about who really should have the franchise?
Jackson County, Colorado, was created from western Larimer County.
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