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Universal suffrage.
Yes, we should expect competence in the electorate but instituting tests is just going to make it *more* difficult to get the vote out. I would wager that the 60% you see today would drop to 40% very quickly.
I will not argue the fact that a large number of the electorate are clueless about the system but I think that speaks more to your education system than anything...
If testing is neccessary then I would add it as a mandatory "civics" course in grade or high school, but to have it be a prerequisite to voting smacks of the elitism that caused the literacy tests to be discontinued in the first place.
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