> it mostly functioned as a mechanism to discriminate against voters of certain classes Well, we can set the bar wherever we like; the question was ultimately

> it mostly functioned as a mechanism to discriminate against voters of certain classes Well, we can set the bar wherever we like; the question was ultimately "can we have a bar at all". Since some people seem to think that even asking for ID is too high of a bar, it's clear to me that there's a market into catering to extremely-low-information voters; not that anyone is every going to _do_ a damned thing for them, but you can certainly make hollow promises easily enough. An alternate requirement if we want a higher bar than an academic test would be to require that one own land and have children before you're allowed to vote, or something like that. Perhaps a combination of alternatives could be offered. The question I'm really trying to ask is whether it's at all reasonable to do something to increase the quality of the vote.