bilby
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Arguably, any change that tends to disenfranchise stupid people in favour of smart people is an improvement in democracy.Honestly, I think Palin voters aren't that bright so I can understand any confusion on their part. But it's no reason to disregard a clear improvement in the process.
Perhaps voting should be made as complicated as possible, so that the ability to cast a valid ballot becomes a de-facto test for being intelligent enough to deserve to have your opinions taken into account.
On the other hand, the Australian Federal Senate election system is so hideously complicated that I doubt that anyone properly understands it, and the ballot papers routinely have around a hundred boxes for voters to number, in order to elect six candidates (or twelve in the case of a full Senate election); And yet we still ended up with Pauline Hanson.