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Intent
To clearly define who can vote in elections so that states can enact laws to support election integrity.
Proposal
To be eligible to vote in any election, a person must be an adult citizen of the country in which the election is held, and must not be serving a sentence for a felony at the time of the election.
To be eligible to vote in a geographic voting district, a person must be a resident of the geographic voting district in which they will cast their vote.
To be eligible to vote in a non-geographic voting district, a person must meet the special requirements for that non-geographic voting district.
Discussion
A voter must be an adult. The maturity requirement is included because only adults who are fully responsible for their own actions should be involved in selecting leaders who will defend their rights and prosecute them for violating other people’s rights.
A voter must be a citizen. The citizenship requirement is included because only the citizens of a country should elect their own leaders. A small country such as Greenland, with less than 60,000 inhabitants, would not want a large country such as China selecting its leader by sending 30,000 visitors to Greenland to participate in an election.
A voter must not be currently serving a sentence for a felony. This requirement is included because a person who has been convicted of violating another person’s rights should not be involved in selecting leaders who will defend those rights until the sentence has been served. This applies even if the sentence does not involve imprisonment or if the person is on parole. The convicted felon must first serve their sentence and return to society as a free person before participating in an election.
To register in a geographic voting district, a voter must be a local resident. The residency requirement is included because a person should vote where they live to ensure that only residents of a voting district select their own leaders. This prevents people who live in other districts from coming to that district to vote in an election to influence its outcome.
To register in a non-geographic voting district, a voter must meet the special requirements.
A person may be a resident of more than one voting district in the same or different states, but that person may only be registered to vote in a single district. Each state may enact its own law defining residency, such as owning or leasing a home, or sleeping in the state at least 180 days a year, and so on.
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