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Why should apathetic people vote? They'd presumably vote for the candidate who spent the most on ads. If anything, I'd prefer a fair voting test, where the per
by nixos 10y ago
Why should apathetic people vote? They'd presumably vote for the candidate who spent the most on ads.
If anything, I'd prefer a fair voting test, where the person pulling the lever has to have _some_ kind of background knowledge.
- ethanbond 10y agoBackground knowledge like: how to read and write English! Or are we administering these tests verbally and written in every language on earth?
- nixos 10y agoIn the same languages the ballots are written
- mirkules 10y agoI believe ethanbond is alluding to the literacy tests that were instituted in order to vote prior to the federal 1965 Voting Rights Act. The tests were predominant in the South and were designed so that nonwhites would fail them. Here is a sample: http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf The instructions alone made my head spin. More from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html