What is happening to this country?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

All I'm saying is that all citizens should be held to the same standards. And we do pay for people to go to school. There wouldn't be any qualifications on who could or couldn't take the test.

Here are the standards that are similar in just about all 50 states:

United States citizen;

At least 18 years of age on or before the next general election;

Has not been convicted more than once of a disqualifying crime; and not under guardianship for mental disability.

That is all you need. A degree or diploma is not required.

You want to start making people take tests to vote then next up we may as well do it for people who serve on juries because I guarantee you there are more than enough people who don't have a full working knowledge of the law. But we don't. Bottom line is a bad precedence is being set by creating tests just to let someone check a box on a ballot.


Voting Rights Act of 1965, § 2, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973.

(a) No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 1973b(f)(2) of this title, as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is established if, based on the totality of circumstances, it is shown that the political processes leading to nomination or election in the State or political subdivision are not equally open to participation by members of a class of citizens protected by subsection (a) of this section in that its members have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice. The extent to which members of a protected class have been elected to office in the State or political subdivision is one circumstance which may be considered: Provided, That nothing in this section establishes a right to have members of a protected class elected in numbers equal to their proportion in the population.