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Well, if you're looking to move backwards as a nation, why not reinstitute property requirements, the poll tax or literacy tests while we're at? These are all mechanisms that were used to prevent the poor, "ignorant" masses from expressing themselves politically and are viewed today as morally and democratically abhorrent. My brother, who holds a masters in history, once took a poll test that was given to black voters in the good ol' Jim Crow days...he said it may have been the most difficult test he ever took and that the majority of his post-grad class was unable to complete it.
Perhaps your "intelligent" friend should spend some time educating "lesser" voters rather then advocating for their disenfranchisment. Dangerous ideas like education requirements for voters should remain in the dustbin of history, right where they belong.
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