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Old 02-09-2010, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito View Post
Why should anyone have to take a test to vote for a candidate? They should at least have a general idea of what exactly their vote is doing.
You're not talking about a literacy test -- the sole purpose of that is to screen out the people who can't read. Historically, that overwhelmingly meant minorities.

You're talking about a knowledge test -- a test to see how well people understand government and/or the positions of the candidates. I have a very hard time imagining how this could be done constitutionally.

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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito View Post
Eh. I guess I am just saying that maybe all citizens of the United States have to have the same qualifications to be citizens, regardless of birth.
Welp, you'll have to get the US Constitution amended to change that. I really don't see that happening.
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