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we had this system in the past; it was incredibly racist. read some history, chap.
by riffic 16y ago
we had this system in the past; it was incredibly racist.
read some history, chap.
- devmonk 16y agoBut, rrc has a point about voters requiring something to identify them, even if the reason for the license was problematic. The current system allows fraud which could affect close elections. I don't like the idea of a national ID, nor mark on the head or hand, but maybe just a picture of a registered voter and a date of the picture taken.
- riffic 16y agoI reread rrc's comment, which seems could be interpreted as both ways; either to advocate requirement of positive identification to vote, or to require voters to take an exam to be licensed as a voter, which is what I believe what was meant. regardless, literacy tests were done before, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws for a background of our (shameful) past.
- michaelkeenan 16y agorrc didn't deserve your condescending reply. Many policies were once implemented in a racist way. That isn't an argument against implementing them in a non-racist way. If you want to argue that the next implementation of voter tests will also be racist, you have not made the case.
- riffic 16y agoI'm sorry you consider my reply to be condescending, as that is not my intention. I however find it discouraging when people refuse to learn from history's lessons.