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See tho, you said the policy would have the unintentional affect of keeping poor people from voting and the majority of poor people are in urban areas and are disporportinally minorities so therefore it would BECOME a segregationalist thing.
You are overlooking and completely ignoring the uninformed and uneducated in rural areas, (where I come from) which I say are chock full o stupid white people. So youd just have dumb people that couldnt vote. I dont think it would be disproportinally one way or the other. I say it woudl probably reflect the ethnic makeup of the US as a whole. My INTENT was not to keep minorities from voting, which was the original intent of poll tests. I dont want stupid people voting, regardless of color. The color thing isnt an issue to me. Stupidity is.
We tax people without representation all the time. If you live in DC, you are taxed without representation. Your US Rep HAS NO VOTE, just a voice, but no vote. (Eleanor Holmes Norton is not a rep, shes a delegate) and people in DC have no voice in the US Senate. People under the age of 18 work and pay taxes, but have no vote. It happens all the time. Its an imperfect system. Dont get me started on the Electorial College. Our forefathers never intended ever tom dick and harry to vote. It was a privelage for the educated. Originally, you had to be white, male, 21 and a land owner to vote. Fortunately, through ammendments to the constitution, we did away with the stupid restrictions based on gender, race, land ownership and expanded franchise to 18 year olds. But I agree with their principal that it wasnt a right. it was a privelage and it needs to be viewed today as such. If a voter isnt going to educate himself about the system, he has no business participating in that system.
Poll Tests to keep stupid people from voting will never be brought back. Changes, specifically to the constitution, have always been about adding freedoms and rights to citizens, not taking them away. (unless your John Ashcroft or GW Bush, but thats another thread...) I would think it would be a slippery slope, so lets keep going with the status quo and let the stupid people vote.
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