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So should we have tests to vote? https://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm https://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm Are you qualified to vote? Find out! Look ho

by hobs 8y ago

So should we have tests to vote? https://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm https://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm Are you qualified to vote? Find out! Look how easy it is to register! These comments seem to have little understanding of the history and current context of voting in the USA, the fact that all of these systems are pretexts for those in power to control and remove the rights of the rest of us.

swalsh 8y ago
I've personally read the literacy tests designed to disenfranchise black voters. I don't think I could've passed it myself. So I think there's a pretty great historical precedent against the ideas of tests. On the other hand, allowing "uninformed" people an equal voice in the decision making process as someone who has spent hours studying the positions and issues also seems wrong. An interesting idea I had would be weighing votes based on a short test, and using the test to multiply a vote. Giving "informed" voters a greater voice. How you build the test fairly though, is the tough part.