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I think that poll tests would unproportianately segregate minorities. I'm aware of the poorer, rural school problems. However, it would still be biased against the urban schools simply because of the population based in urban areas.
You are correct about D.C. I do think that D.C. should get a vote in Congress though. Yes we tax people under the age of 18, however it is usually minimal and they are more than likely still dependant on their parents. But we are not denying people under 18 the right to vote, simply postponing it until they come of age. However, if you deny people, who are legally entitled, the right to vote how can you expect them to adhere to rules which they had no part in forming?
I disagree with you that the founding fathers thought voting was a privelage. I thought they realized that voting was a right, however, a right for white men only.
In order to maintain a true democracy, you cannot make voting a privelage. The fact that everybody has a RIGHT to vote is the defining factor of democracy against any other governmental rule.
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