Its a duty for someone who has bothered to put some time and education into their choices. Part of that is literacy. Part of that could be the caring to learn what we at least require new citizens to learn.

People should not just be given a vote. they should earn it somehow to show they have the responsibilty to use it correctly (and no there is no political leaning in that for those who want to read into it. The rightest and leftist and all those in between would both have to meet the "standards" which would be relatively simple and not some political gangbang ..such as the idea I gave above. Do I have it worked out? No. But it cant run te way it is now.)