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Such a test would be too easily abused by people wanting to keep minorities from voting. In the Jim Crow south whites were given an easy test and blacks a hard one.
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Allowing veterans (or people doing a ~3 years public service) the right to vote might be workable to some extant.
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The South used to have literacy test and minimum taxed property requirements for voting in the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century.
It was a fabulous system but for some reason, blacks didn't really appreciate it.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Or poor whites, MF.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Or poor whites, MF.
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A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Sorry, but most teenagers are dumb.Originally posted by OzzyKP
100% reasons for lowering the voting age.
Edit and Disclaimer: Me included."Compromises are not always good things. If one guy wants to drill a five-inch hole in the bottom of your life boat, and the other person doesn't, a compromise of a two-inch hole is still stupid." - chegitz guevara
"Bill3000: The United Demesos? Boy, I was young and stupid back then.
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You know what? Screw the intelligence test: everyone going to vote should first be required to pass the citizenship test we give immigrants."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George CarlinComment
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Best idea I've heard all day. Why are they held to higher standards than our own native citizens?Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You know what? Screw the intelligence test: everyone going to vote should first be required to pass the citizenship test we give immigrants."Compromises are not always good things. If one guy wants to drill a five-inch hole in the bottom of your life boat, and the other person doesn't, a compromise of a two-inch hole is still stupid." - chegitz guevara
"Bill3000: The United Demesos? Boy, I was young and stupid back then.
Jasonian22: Bill, you are STILL young and stupid."
"is it normal to imaginne dartrh vader and myself in a tjhreee way with some hot chick? i'ts always been my fantasy" - DisComment
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I 'd do the Dutch, watching an hour long video featuring naked chicks, I think I'll survive and pass (with flying colours actually).Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You know what? Screw the intelligence test: everyone going to vote should first be required to pass the citizenship test we give immigrants.
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Trust me: it doesn't get better.Originally posted by Bill3000
Sorry, but most teenagers are dumb.
Edit and Disclaimer: Me included.
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Yeah, I never understood why being a natural born citizen exempted us from that.Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You know what? Screw the intelligence test: everyone going to vote should first be required to pass the citizenship test we give immigrants.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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Re: Should there be an intelligence test for the right to vote?
Republicans would never go for it. They rely on the unintelligent voters..Originally posted by Lancer
What would happen if only intelligent people could vote? Once you pass the test you can vote for life. If you fail, you never can. Allow perhaps 30% to pass.
The voters could grasp the issues, yes?
More than that, the backlash from jilted unintelligent people who would not be allowed to vote would create a demand on society to pour tons of money into education and we all know how Republicans hate to put money into social services..Comment
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Nice idea, but as I understand it citizenship tests (AKA literacy tests) are prohibited by Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which essentially restates the language of the 15th amendment, and has been upheld by the Supreme Court.Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You know what? Screw the intelligence test: everyone going to vote should first be required to pass the citizenship test we give immigrants.
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