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72:9.1 Although [[candidates]] for all [[public]] offices are restricted to [[graduates]] of the state, regional, or federal schools of [[statesmanship]], the [[progressive]] [[leaders]] of this [[nation]] discovered a serious weakness in their [[plan]] of [[universal]] [[suffrage]] and about fifty years ago made [[constitutional]] provision for a [[modified]] scheme of voting which [[embraces]] the following features:
72:9.2 1. Every [[man]] and [[woman]] of twenty years and over has one [[vote]]. Upon [[attaining]] this age, all [[citizens]] must accept membership in two voting [[groups]]: They will join the first in [[accordance]] with their [[economic]] [[function]]—[[industrial]], [[professional]], [[agricultural]], or trade; they will enter the second group according to their [[political]], [[philosophic]], and [[social]] inclinations. All workers thus belong to some [[economic]] franchise [[group]], and these guilds, like the noneconomic [[associations]], are [[regulated]] much as is the [[national]] [[government]] with its threefold division of [[powers]]. Registration in these groups cannot be changed for twelve years.
72:9.3 2. Upon nomination by the [[state]] governors or by the regional [[executives]] and by the [[mandate]] of the regional supreme [[councils]], [[individuals]] who have rendered great [[service]] to [[society]], or who have [[demonstrated]] extraordinary [[wisdom]] in [[government]] [[service]], may have additional votes conferred upon them not oftener than every five years and not to exceed nine such superfranchises. The maximum [[suffrage]] of any multiple voter is [[ten]]. [[Scientists]], [[inventors]], [[teachers]], [[philosophers]], and [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] are also thus [[recognized]] and [[honored]] with augmented [[political]] [[power]]. These advanced [[civic]] [[privileges]] are conferred by the state and regional supreme [[councils]] much as [[degrees]] are [[bestowed]] by the special colleges, and the recipients are proud to attach the [[symbols]] of such civic [[recognition]], along with their other [[degrees]], to their lists of [[personal]] achievements.
72:9.4 3. All [[individuals]] sentenced to [[compulsory]] [[labor]] in the mines and all [[governmental]] servants [[supported]] by [[tax]] funds are, for the periods of such [[services]], disenfranchised. This does not apply to aged [[persons]] who may be retired on pensions at sixty-five.
72:9.5 4. There are five brackets of [[suffrage]] reflecting the [[average]] yearly [[taxes]] paid for each half-decade period. Heavy taxpayers are permitted extra votes up to five. This grant is [[independent]] of all other [[recognition]], but in no case can any [[person]] cast over ten ballots.
72:9.6 5. At the [[time]] this franchise plan was [[adopted]], the territorial [[method]] of voting was abandoned in [[favor]] of the [[economic]] or [[functional]] [[system]]. All [[citizens]] now vote as members of [[industrial]], [[social]], or [[professional]] [[groups]], regardless of their residence. Thus the electorate consists of solidified, unified, and [[intelligent]] [[groups]] who elect only their best members to positions of [[governmental]] [[trust]] and [[responsibility]]. There is one exception to this [[scheme]] of [[functional]] or [[group]] [[suffrage]]: The election of a federal chief executive every six years is by nation-wide ballot, and no citizen casts over one vote.
72:9.7 Thus, except in the [[election]] of the chief executive, [[suffrage]] is exercised by [[economic]], [[professional]], [[intellectual]], and [[social]] groupings of the [[citizenry]]. The [[ideal]] [[state]] is [[organic]], and every free and [[intelligent]] [[group]] of [[citizens]] [[represents]] a vital and [[functioning]] organ within the larger [[governmental]] [[organism]].
72:9.8 The schools of [[statesmanship]] have [[power]] to start [[proceedings]] in the state [[courts]] looking toward the disenfranchisement of any [[Degenerate|defective]], idle, indifferent, or [[criminal]] [[individual]]. These people [[recognize]] that, when fifty per cent of a nation is inferior or defective and [[possesses]] the ballot, such a nation is [[doomed]]. They believe the [[dominance]] of [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre mediocrity] spells the downfall of any [[nation]]. Voting is [[compulsory]], heavy fines being assessed against all who fail to cast their ballots.
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[[Category:Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet]]
72:9.1 Although [[candidates]] for all [[public]] offices are restricted to [[graduates]] of the state, regional, or federal schools of [[statesmanship]], the [[progressive]] [[leaders]] of this [[nation]] discovered a serious weakness in their [[plan]] of [[universal]] [[suffrage]] and about fifty years ago made [[constitutional]] provision for a [[modified]] scheme of voting which [[embraces]] the following features:
72:9.2 1. Every [[man]] and [[woman]] of twenty years and over has one [[vote]]. Upon [[attaining]] this age, all [[citizens]] must accept membership in two voting [[groups]]: They will join the first in [[accordance]] with their [[economic]] [[function]]—[[industrial]], [[professional]], [[agricultural]], or trade; they will enter the second group according to their [[political]], [[philosophic]], and [[social]] inclinations. All workers thus belong to some [[economic]] franchise [[group]], and these guilds, like the noneconomic [[associations]], are [[regulated]] much as is the [[national]] [[government]] with its threefold division of [[powers]]. Registration in these groups cannot be changed for twelve years.
72:9.3 2. Upon nomination by the [[state]] governors or by the regional [[executives]] and by the [[mandate]] of the regional supreme [[councils]], [[individuals]] who have rendered great [[service]] to [[society]], or who have [[demonstrated]] extraordinary [[wisdom]] in [[government]] [[service]], may have additional votes conferred upon them not oftener than every five years and not to exceed nine such superfranchises. The maximum [[suffrage]] of any multiple voter is [[ten]]. [[Scientists]], [[inventors]], [[teachers]], [[philosophers]], and [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] are also thus [[recognized]] and [[honored]] with augmented [[political]] [[power]]. These advanced [[civic]] [[privileges]] are conferred by the state and regional supreme [[councils]] much as [[degrees]] are [[bestowed]] by the special colleges, and the recipients are proud to attach the [[symbols]] of such civic [[recognition]], along with their other [[degrees]], to their lists of [[personal]] achievements.
72:9.4 3. All [[individuals]] sentenced to [[compulsory]] [[labor]] in the mines and all [[governmental]] servants [[supported]] by [[tax]] funds are, for the periods of such [[services]], disenfranchised. This does not apply to aged [[persons]] who may be retired on pensions at sixty-five.
72:9.5 4. There are five brackets of [[suffrage]] reflecting the [[average]] yearly [[taxes]] paid for each half-decade period. Heavy taxpayers are permitted extra votes up to five. This grant is [[independent]] of all other [[recognition]], but in no case can any [[person]] cast over ten ballots.
72:9.6 5. At the [[time]] this franchise plan was [[adopted]], the territorial [[method]] of voting was abandoned in [[favor]] of the [[economic]] or [[functional]] [[system]]. All [[citizens]] now vote as members of [[industrial]], [[social]], or [[professional]] [[groups]], regardless of their residence. Thus the electorate consists of solidified, unified, and [[intelligent]] [[groups]] who elect only their best members to positions of [[governmental]] [[trust]] and [[responsibility]]. There is one exception to this [[scheme]] of [[functional]] or [[group]] [[suffrage]]: The election of a federal chief executive every six years is by nation-wide ballot, and no citizen casts over one vote.
72:9.7 Thus, except in the [[election]] of the chief executive, [[suffrage]] is exercised by [[economic]], [[professional]], [[intellectual]], and [[social]] groupings of the [[citizenry]]. The [[ideal]] [[state]] is [[organic]], and every free and [[intelligent]] [[group]] of [[citizens]] [[represents]] a vital and [[functioning]] organ within the larger [[governmental]] [[organism]].
72:9.8 The schools of [[statesmanship]] have [[power]] to start [[proceedings]] in the state [[courts]] looking toward the disenfranchisement of any [[Degenerate|defective]], idle, indifferent, or [[criminal]] [[individual]]. These people [[recognize]] that, when fifty per cent of a nation is inferior or defective and [[possesses]] the ballot, such a nation is [[doomed]]. They believe the [[dominance]] of [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre mediocrity] spells the downfall of any [[nation]]. Voting is [[compulsory]], heavy fines being assessed against all who fail to cast their ballots.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_72 Go to Paper 72]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet]]
