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Of course it happens to be the case that there are individuals who are truly unable to vote because of severe mental or other disability, so we have to think of their well-being, and not just our own, when we vote. Similarly, we vote on behalf of anyone who is legally ineligible, especially youth/children, and we even vote on behalf of other species because we have an enormous impact on them. In an ideal situation, maybe there would only be some minority of people voting or maybe there'd be no vote at all, and leaders would act in the best interests of all instead of merely serving their own selfish interests. This is the crux of the issue right now with respect to voting rights and restrictions: those who are most likely to vote have not proven themselves willing and able to vote on behalf of the best interests of all, and instead have abused their situation to re-write laws such that wealth more easily comes to them and concentrates in their hands, while a larger share of the population falls into poverty, the environment suffers, and future generations are saddled with the cost of the greed of the ruling class.