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Originally Posted by SpotsCat
Back in the days of "Jim Crow", literacy tests were used to disenfranchise black voters. As a result, voter literacy tests were outlawed.
Asking biased and arbitrary questions such as, "How many bubbles on a bar of soap?" or "How many grains of sand in an hourglass?" serve no purpose except to disqualify potential voters.
However, considering that more people are familiar with the contestants on "American Idol", than the justices on the Supreme Court - having a voter literacy test might not be such a bad idea.
The only fair, balanced, neutral literacy test I can think of that could be used, is the test used to become a United States citizen. |
Just like requiring a test for voting would violate a right, so would be requiring a test to own a firearm, or a test to have children.
The answer is not more tests, it is us as the individual, holding others to a higher standard. If we as a people are unable to bring the rest of our people together then the America experiment will fail. Government will not solve this problem. Neither will tests or classes.
That will not happen until we start, as a people, holding others to the same standard that we set for ourselves.
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If you apply for citizenship in the United States, you have to pass the above test. It seems fair and logical to me that if you're going to vote and elect officials, you should be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of how the system operates.
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Moving from one country into this one is not a right. Your logic is flawed.
The bottom line? Hold the individual who makes the decision, responsible for their actions.