Why standing up for the Constitution is important

[Bear Islander]

Originally Posted by gillygirl

I’m thinking more than an ID, people who want to vote should prove that they can pass a basic civics test. Perhaps everyone should be required to pass the test that immigrants must take to obtain citizenship. Lazy, “born to it” citizens should show they have the rational, logical decision-making thought process in order to vote.


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At first read I thought this post was a joke.

The Voting Rights Act passed in 1964 absolutely outlaws any kind of test to be able to vote.

Before that many states had a civic test requirement. Some of them given orally. However it turned out that in many places minorities were unable to pass these test. Even highly educated minorities. We don't need to go back to that kind of discrimination.