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They were proven detrimental because they were used to wrongfully disenfranchise blacks, other minorities, poor whites and many other less-powerful types. This is standard knowledge and has been stated in this thread already. Your test may be different on the surface but it is still the spiritual descendent of the ugly tests of the past. I doubt that it would take very long before someone perverted it for their own gain again.
The difference between voter intimidation and the abuse of your proposed poll test is that voter intimidation is already illegal, not a standard part of the process that is written into the constitution.
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