White men from South Africa should be verboten from immigrating to the U.S. but if any chance they allow it they should have to make an 100 on the test.
Na go the other direction - mandatory voting for all. Cuts out the incentive for politics to 'play to the base', makes extremism unattractive. No more 'get out the vote' effort.
I'm on the definitely not side, but education could start with basic civic literacy in parallel with practical experience (jury duty for juniors, citizens groups shadowing councils etc)
Education + experience is the only antibody to perception highjacking
The US already did that, and white Americand put that law in place to ensure black Americans couldn't participate in elections. Whether I want to pay a tax for sidewalks or not shouldn't depend on if I can recite the Preamble. Lets make sure election ballots cant be hacked instead.
NEVER!!!! My mother was REQUIRED to recite the Preamble to the Constitution in Missouri before she received a ballot to vote for the first time by law in the Nov 1968 Presidential election. She recited it while the sheriff’s deputy had his hand on his holster the ENTIRE time. I was 8 and there
I would prefer that the people running for Federal Office would have to first pass the citizenship test! That would eliminate an entire traitorous political party!
People are dumb. I'm dumb more often than I care to admit. But I *would* love for people to have to be able to pass a civics test to be part of government. I feel like you can't do your job in government if you don't know what government *does*...
Yes, but I remember Jim Crow tests, like requiring Black voters to recite the Constitution, take exams on history or law. Somehow they never passed. Can't risk returning to that.
They should also have to pass it to be a member of congress, senator or in the cabinet but that also seems to be an issue (although some know what they are saying isn't true)
It has been suggested b4 - or how about passing a high school civics class with at least a B-. Unfortunately the citizenship test is alarmingly close to what happened during Jim Crow.
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I.E - if you were born wealthy, your vote on tax brackets counts for 0.5 intead of 1.
Not saying this is a good idea at all - but it would produce different results.
That would eliminate the orange overlord and MTG and Boebert and a whole bunch of other clowns
Education + experience is the only antibody to perception highjacking
I better go study. BRB 🤣
The insane part. The selective use of those requirements favored people who would have loved Trump.
Unfortunately we have far too many idiots in this nation.
Election ballots can't be hacked.
https://www.wdbo.com/news/computer-expert-hacks-dominion-voting-machine-front-judge-changes-votes-with-bic-pen/EM5Q4XKDARGPPC7Z6MTUWSOYSA/
CITIZENSHIP test....
You surely mean IQ test!
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf