Denying a vote is undemocratic regardless of whether or not we have other undemocratic policies in place. Society does deem some restrictions to voting necessary, such as setting a threshold age, but restrictions such as poll tests have been largely abandoned as they have been found time and time again to be unfair and unconstitutional. Your ideas may be logical on the surface and well intentioned but it flies in the face of American legal and democratic thought. I hardly think that the return of the poll test would be viewed with favor by the Supreme Court.
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