OK, I would want to agree, but how will you structure the test? I warrant you can't do that without discriminating in some way or other.
Recognize that our Constitution has supported tests from its inception. The original tests went like this; you had to be a citizen, white, male, and own property. The property thing went first, the white thing technically went away after the Civil War, and the male thing went away beginning with the 1920 election. I say the white thing went away "technically," because the extreme example, of course, is well known history. In the bad old days in the south they used to have these tests for allowing people to register to vote. Grade school drop outs who were white would inviariably pass, and Ph.D's who were black would routinely fail. Yet the Supremes upheld the practice for decades--until a 1960's Congress and President Johnson signed legislation that banned this kind of thing. Here's something to consider. Ever since Voting Rights legislation was signed into law, white people in the U.S. have never voted to elect a Democrat. Had only whites voted in each election since this legislation in 1964 and 1965, there would only have been Republican Presidents. We need to acknowledge and consider this fact, too, because it's the overwhelming white vote this time around that's given us Trump, following on a campaign riddled with racial and gender slurs and impercations. Do you wonder that minority communities are quaking in fear just now? Janina Todor Fassl writes: > But why? Why should people who know nothing about the issues vote? Just > repeating your opinion that they should vote is no answer. > > It's like saying you should get brain surgery even if you're not sure you > have something wrong with your brain. Just sign yourself up for random > medical treatments, who knows, some of them might even help. > > Instead of picking someone at random, if you haven't studied the issues, you > should STAY HOME! > > > repeating that they should vote is NO answer. > > > > > > On 11/08/2016 05:19 PM, Robin wrote: > > I Disagree > > Voting is a Right & EveryOne should Vote > > No Matter What iff Eligible > > At 02:26 PM 11/8/2016, you wrote: > > > I don't think people should vote just for the sake of voting. That's > > > how bad guys get elected -- ignorant voters put them in office. If you > > > havent studied the issues, please stay home. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/08/2016 05:50 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > > > For our friends in the US, > > > > Totally apolitical here and please please let’s keep it > > > > that way. 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