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I'm not a lawyer, but some sort of mental competency test, whether it be a legal bar exam or that battery of tests people took in high school where you were given 3 pictures and were told to pick the next logical picture according to the given sequence.
Reason: it's an objective assessment that rules out any sort of hearsay, name-calling, lies/fake news, fear mongering, emotional manipulation, etc.
Spelling the word onomatopoeia.
The president in germany doesnt really matter
We already have some reasonable tests you can apply now, like how many lies do they tell each day (I'd like to use a longer time unit, but well, the bar has moved). Or how do they stand with decent human values or policy positions. People don't seem too good at applying those tests, I'm not sure how some other tests would help matters.
Maybe if candidates magically turned some bright color to show how much a peice of shit they were, people could learn to use that, that seems simple enough for even the really dim, but I expect they'd fail to use that too.
We don't have "Presidents" here but rather Prime Ministers. but:
Proper background checks. too many cases of people in power putting on a friendly face to get elected only to reveal their true nature right after being elected. if they are actively supporting people with anti trans (ie JK Rowling) or pro Zionist/genocidal views while saying "I'm a trans ally" that's a red flag you've got a candidate who isn't honest
Citizenship exam.
Any politician who can hold their breath under lava for more than 60 seconds can then submit the proper paperwork to begin collecting signatures to get their names added to the primary ballots.
Can we just do a basic background check?
But I guess as long as they can remember: person, man, woman, TV, camera. That should be fine.
They'd have to be able to run a sub 21 minute 5K. For no other reason than it'd remove a lot of politicians from the running (DYSWIDT).
Trial by Celebrity Death Match. No explanination needed.
Suddenly the ultimate fighting champion decides to run for president.
LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!
Hardest part is going to be transforming any presidential candidate into claymation. I suspect if we collectively put our heads together we can figure it out.
It might take a few tries, and we'll probably lose a few politicians in the process, but that's a risk I'm willing to take!
Some of you may perish but thats a risk I'm willing to take.
I'm sure there's a mad scientist somewhere that can figure this out if we give them lightning and a bunch of random glassware.
Where's Calvin's transmogrifier when you need it?
My country does not have a president.
I would give him some arranged test on cameras about what they would do if they were out fishing and saw a fishing accident; something random.
Then I would shake their hand and let them walk back to a parking garage with no bodyguards, lying that the test is over. On the way, an ugly person is crying in pain on the ground, looking very homeless.
If they do nothing to help, they do not have my vote. Most likely wouldn’t.
Has not owned more than one house. That's it.
Victoria 3 will be a good tell
I probably wouldn't bother. Here the president's job mostly is a representative job, the only thing he can do is refusing to sign laws into effect.
While the system here isn't perfect either, it does divide powers a lot more than in other countries.
