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I know all of this, although your description is a little bit flawed to say "that EXACT type of test".
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No. The Jim Crow voter discrimination tests were exactly "civics" tests. See the example I posted.
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Just because something was deemed to be illegal doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing to do.
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Do you think Jim Crow tests were the right thing to do?
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Foreigners looking to become citizens (with the right to vote) need to pass such a test, why is simply being born here a pass on learning something?
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Who is taking a pass on learning something? American students all take junior high school American history and civics class. You have to pass US civics to advance to the next grade.
You were supposed to learn this in Junior High school!
Apparently some can't remember our disgraceful voting rights and civil rights embarrassments as a country.
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I would be for a basic civics test for the privilege of voting. it is because of uninformed voters that the informed voters are so upset by the current government.
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Voting is
not a privilege. Voting is a
Constitution Right. Those two things are not the same. The only requirement for voting in this country is to be an American Citizen. There are not requirements for color of skin, not age, not "education", not wealth, not ability to drive (have a photo ID), not ability to bank (have a photo ID), not ability to work, not ability to read.
You just have to be an American citizen. You have to fit nobody's "requirements" but our Constitution.