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    Default What's wrong with a literacy test for voting??

    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!

    THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!

    There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    You're proof that literacy doesn't mean you have any sense.

    Your "genius" white supremacist socialist idea is ... so easy to cheat and beat.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    I'd love that. But you know that would favor the Democrats, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    You TRULY ARE an idiot. Have you ever worked a poll (not POLE)?
    WK1 3/28-/4 _Cases 301k--Dead 18.1k Lethality 2.72%
    WK2 4/5-/13 _Cases 555k--Dead 22.1K Lethality 3.9%
    WK3 4/20-/21 Cases 774k -Dead 37.2K Lethality 4.8%
    WK4 4/22-/29 Cases 1M --Dead 58.8K Lethality 5.9%
    WK5 5/1-/8__ Cases 1.3M -Dead 75.7K Lethality 6.1%
    WK6 5/9-16__Cases 1.4M --Dead 85.8K Lethality 6.1%
    WK7 5/17-24_Cases 1.7M - Dead 97.6K Lethality 5.9%
    WK8 5/28 Cases 1.7M - DEAD 101.2K - Same

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    I'll agree with you. If you can quote anything in the Constitution that says literacy is required to vote. It does bother me though, that your vote counts just as much as mine does.

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    What's wrong with a literacy test for voting??
    Most likely, it would prevent Trump and half the rightwing posters here from being able to vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post
    I'll agree with you. If you can quote anything in the Constitution that says literacy is required to vote. It does bother me though, that your vote counts just as much as mine does.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quetzalcoatl View Post
    Rights aren't unlimited though.
    True. We don't want mentally retarded people to vote. But when the country was founded, the average person was illiterate, much like the average JPP liberal. Was it not once common to use an X as a signature in lieu of writing one's name?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post
    I'll agree with you. If you can quote anything in the Constitution that says literacy is required to vote. It does bother me though, that your vote counts just as much as mine does.
    The Constitution does not list anything required to vote including citizenship. It gives the states the power to determine voter qualifications.

    The Voting Rights Act ended the use of literacy tests.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    The Constitution does not list anything required to vote including citizenship. It gives the states the power to determine voter qualifications.

    The Voting Rights Act ended the use of literacy tests.
    Thanks for the info. I did not realize one needn't even be a citizen to vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    You're proof that literacy doesn't mean you have any sense.

    Your "genius" white supremacist socialist idea is ... so easy to cheat and beat.
    Socialist?? HAHAHA. WTF are you talking about, loonybird?
    Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    I'd love that. But you know that would favor the Democrats, right?
    How do you figure that?? The dems get 95% of the black vote and 99% of the illegal vote. Literacy tests would help repubs.
    Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!

    THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post
    I'll agree with you. If you can quote anything in the Constitution that says literacy is required to vote.
    HAHAHA. What kind of stupid "argument" is that.??? Many states ban felons from voting even though the constitution says nothing about that either. THINK
    Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Text Drivers are Killers View Post
    It would be easy to implement. Have a computer store thousands of questions (in english of course) that are easy to answer but ONLY if you can read. Such as "Which of these animals is the largest?" followed by a list of 20 animal names where 19 of them weigh under 10 pounds and one is "polar bear".

    The would be voter would be given a random question and have to get it right to vote. How many blacks or illegals could pass the test? Very few and that's just tough.! You can't read - you can't vote. That's common sense.
    Sorry, TDAK, but, I don't want to take away your right to vote.

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