In your opinion, who should be permitted to vote in elections in the USA?

the MINIMUM requirement should be every LEGAL citizen of the US who can produce two forms of identification.....sometimes I toy with the thoughts of a civil exam for voters...I hate the thought of some mindless dope that has no idea what is going on, seeing a NY times slanted article the day of election and going in and canceling out my informed vote.......now wouldn't THAT tick off the libs...they don't even want any form of ID to vote....it would get in the way of all those dead voters who vote dem every year....

People who can use a income tax return as a ID. People who do not recieve welfare or handouts.

I feel this way because it will stop "purchased votes". Those votes a dozen donuts and a ride to the election building (which includes a 3 minutes political education) gets.

Or,

how about anyone who owns a firearm

US Citizens over the age of 18. It is my understanding that no other franchise has ever been given. Felony who have served their time are usually allowed by their states to vote, and should be since the concept is that they have served their sentence. What may I ask is the point of this question? No one to my knowledge has considered lowering the voting age or given the right to vote to non-citizens?

The system, although flawed, is fine.

Legal citizens who have not been convicted of any felony and are registered to vote at one address should be given one vote.

Before identities could be stolen, I would have argued against some form of voter verification, but in light of this new circumstance, as well as the fraud some are willing to commit (such as those caught in Ohio), maybe it should be considered.

Citizens. And only once per election. Without free cigarettes and wine. And smart enough to operate the voting machines.

Legal American citizens, 18 years of age or older, who

has their name on the records in the district where they

are supposed to vote, and can show a voter ID picture.

I'm tired of dead people voting ,and people voting in more

than one place, and people voting by absentee ballot in

one state and voting in person in another, and I don't think

anyone incarcerated in jails or prisons should have the privilege of voting. (why people reject the photo ID is beyond

me as they only have to show it to one person).

Only people under the age of 10, since they have not yet been tainted by party politics. They might be able to choose a better government than half the people ranting here on yahoo, that only worry about what party a candidate is in.

All citizens age 18 and over. At i8 you can be drafted to war,so you should be able to vote for the people who send you there.

All citizens should have the right to vote.

our vote is our freedom.

Let's let China and Russia elect our next leaders, then maybe we won't have to worry about an upcoming war with them. Not that it matters, we have an Electoral College do our voting for us, remember?

Only legal US citizens 18 or older without a felony on there record.