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Originally Posted by OpieCunningham
I don't see how a comparison to racial segregation makes any sense - unless you mean we would be segregating people who do not have enough information to make a valid judgement. But that is precisely the point.
The language aspect I already spoke to - ballots are not provided in every language on the planet, so if language is not an issue with the ballots, it would not be an issue with the tests.
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As an example, many state governments prevented blacks from voting by requiring poll taxes and literacy tests, both of which were not enforced on whites due to grandfather clauses. One common "literacy test" was to require the black would-be voter to recite the entire U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence from memory.
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My point is that in order to have testing it would have to be EXTREMELY specific for one thing. No grandfather clauses at all. And how do we know the test is compiled fairly, unlike the "literacy tests" given to blacks?