Why Testing Should Be Required To Vote

[NYcarbineer]

RWnuts will never stop trying to concoct a voting system for this country that they think will allow the conservative minority to become an artificial majority.

 

[DrDoomNGloom]

Here's a test question to see if you should vote: Are you a financial support or drain on America?

I posted a thread on this in May - Voting Privileges System Needed US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

The thesis is that only those who financially support our country (in any give year) should be permitted to vote. This doesn't require any specific knowledge of American history or current events, but if you are making money and paying your taxes it means that you must know something.

I could get behind this ..............

Let's extend this one step farther, only those who work legally for the full 4 yr period get to vote in presidential elections.

and retirees?

Are they allowed to vote?

Sure, there would be qualifiers such as "physically fit", handicapped, age brackets, use some common sense .....................

I know you would like to paint this off as some compassion less act and me a bad guy for even agreeing with it.

 

[rightwinger]

Why should knowing first amendment rights have anything to do with you knowing which candidate best represents your interests and points of view?

Well we all know who represents your interest and point of view RW

Bozo Show 1987:

Clowns should not be allowed to vote.......that rules out all republicans

 

[NYcarbineer]

Let's not beat around the proverbial bush here.

This is what conservatives want:

Voting rights and the Supreme Court The impossible literacy test Louisiana used to give black voters.

 

[Auld Phart]

Why should knowing first amendment rights have anything to do with you knowing which candidate best represents your interests and points of view?

Well we all know who represents your interest and point of view RW

Bozo Show 1987:

Clowns should not be allowed to vote.......that rules out all republicans

and democrats from running for office.

 

[DrDoomNGloom]

How bout we do this with retirees, we take their age at retirement, subtract 16 yrs for youth and look for a majority work record of remaining workable years.

Those that have contributed to society on the majority side carry voting rights into retirement ??

 

[frigidweirdo]

Why should knowing first amendment rights have anything to do with you knowing which candidate best represents your interests and points of view?

That's one of the stupidest - maybe THE stupidest - questions I have seen asked on this board to date, and I have neither time or motivation to give you remedial history and civics lessons.

No, it's actually a rather intelligent question. Your answer however, does fit in the answers that are "maybe THE stupidest" category.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Let's not beat around the proverbial bush here.

This is what conservatives want:

Voting rights and the Supreme Court The impossible literacy test Louisiana used to give black voters.

No we have morals at least most of us do, no we don't.

 

[Camp]

People still debate the meanings of amendments, including the first one. So who decides what the right answer is? Would a person just be required to quote the amendment or would they have to explain it's meaning. Back to the beginning, who decides which answers are correct or wrong?
If a person is a coal miner and all they know for sure is that they want to vote for candidates who are going to support the coal industry, do they loose their votes because they can't pass your test?
If an old woman who lost her only child in a war defending your right to vote is not able to answer your questions to your satisfaction, does she loose her vote?
If some old person who served in a long ago war has forgotten some things and can not answer your questions to your satisfaction, do they loose the right to vote? How about if they show up at the voting booth with a chest full of medals, including a big purple one shaped like a heart, would that make a difference or would they still not be allowed to vote?

 

[mdk]

Yeah, we're not going to do any of this test nonsense.

 

[Wyatt earp]

I remember leaving a voting booth around 1995 and running into my mom, I will never forget what she asked me "You know who to vote for right?"

I told her what the fuck are you talking about?

I voted for bugs bunny, hoped in my 95 stang and went back to work.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Here's a simple solution.

EDUCATE PEOPLE. I know, I know, it's not the sort of policy that the politicians like. Educated people, people who can think for themselves, are people who are less likely to be taken in by the political bull sheet that goes on, ie, advertising to death with billions of dollars (7 billion last Presidential election), and therefore less likely to vote for the people who control the system (which demands useless education for many of the people).

But, you know, it's worth telling the politicians you want them to deal with education.

I mean, when you have things like the presidents wife saying kids should only eat one sachet of ketchup with their school meal and millions of people getting all worked up about the president telling people what to do, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

I mean (part 2), when you look on message boards like this and you see the carp that goes on (great fish, as long as you don't eat it), the complete lack of intelligence and the massive amounts of energy that go into reducing everything to the simplest, easiest way of understand and the most likely to solve absolutely anything, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

 

[Camp]

Why should knowing first amendment rights have anything to do with you knowing which candidate best represents your interests and points of view?

That's one of the stupidest - maybe THE stupidest - questions I have seen asked on this board to date, and I have neither time or motivation to give you remedial history and civics lessons.

The question is a good one. Not stupid at all. What is stupid is the thread you started and the suggestion that people should have to pass a test to vote. People have fought and died for hundreds of years so that we could all vote it we wanted to. Who the fuck are you to come along and suggest we neutralize what all those Americans fought and died for?

 

[DrDoomNGloom]

Here's a simple solution.

EDUCATE PEOPLE. I know, I know, it's not the sort of policy that the politicians like. Educated people, people who can think for themselves, are people who are less likely to be taken in by the political bull sheet that goes on, ie, advertising to death with billions of dollars (7 billion last Presidential election), and therefore less likely to vote for the people who control the system (which demands useless education for many of the people).

But, you know, it's worth telling the politicians you want them to deal with education.

I mean, when you have things like the presidents wife saying kids should only eat one sachet of ketchup with their school meal and millions of people getting all worked up about the president telling people what to do, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

I mean (part 2), when you look on message boards like this and you see the carp that goes on (great fish, as long as you don't eat it), the complete lack of intelligence and the massive amounts of energy that go into reducing everything to the simplest, easiest way of understand and the most likely to solve absolutely anything, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

Great idea, I can get right to teaching those pigs to sing, I got plenty of time to waste and I love to annoy the pigs .....................

Kids don't want to learn, I heard a TV interview about labor skills and school.

The comment that stuck in my mind was that kids today wanted to sleep in school but expected to get out and make big money in the work force.

They get out dumb as bags of rocks and soon find out they are worthless ...............

 

[rightwinger]

A person who lives under a bridge has as much a right to vote as a CEO

That is how our country was founded

 

[frigidweirdo]

Here's a simple solution.

EDUCATE PEOPLE. I know, I know, it's not the sort of policy that the politicians like. Educated people, people who can think for themselves, are people who are less likely to be taken in by the political bull sheet that goes on, ie, advertising to death with billions of dollars (7 billion last Presidential election), and therefore less likely to vote for the people who control the system (which demands useless education for many of the people).

But, you know, it's worth telling the politicians you want them to deal with education.

I mean, when you have things like the presidents wife saying kids should only eat one sachet of ketchup with their school meal and millions of people getting all worked up about the president telling people what to do, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

I mean (part 2), when you look on message boards like this and you see the carp that goes on (great fish, as long as you don't eat it), the complete lack of intelligence and the massive amounts of energy that go into reducing everything to the simplest, easiest way of understand and the most likely to solve absolutely anything, you know that there's a MASSIVE problem with education.

Great idea, I can get right to teaching those pigs to sing, I got plenty of time to waste and I love to annoy the pigs .....................

Kids don't want to learn, I heard a TV interview about labor skills and school.

The comment that stuck in my mind was that kids today wanted to sleep in school but expected to get out and make big money in the work force.

They get out dumb as bags of rocks and soon find out they are worthless ...............

What? Is there a point to your rant? Or just evidence that the education system doesn't work by writing nonsense?

 

[my2¢]

My alternative to the voting test is quite simple - remove political party designations from ballots.

 

[NYcarbineer]

VIDEO Americans Can t Name First Amendment Rights MRCTV

I must be running slow this morning because it took me more than 10 seconds to pick up on this...

The OP cites lack of knowledge of the Constitution as the reason he wants to impose an unconstitutional testing requirement for voting.

lol. RW'ers always come through.

 

[rightwinger]

VIDEO Americans Can t Name First Amendment Rights MRCTV

I must be running slow this morning because it took me more than 10 seconds to pick up on this...

The OP cites lack of knowledge of the Constitution as the reason he wants to impose an unconstitutional testing requirement for voting.

lol. RW'ers always come through.

Yes...the irony is strong

 

[LoneLaugher]

VIDEO Americans Can t Name First Amendment Rights MRCTV

Great point.

The first question should be "Was Obama born in Kenya?"

And if one says "Yes," not only should not be able to vote, they should have to enroll in school and pass all 12 grades, no matter what their age.

If they answer anything but "no", you mean. If they say "I don't know" or "perhaps" or "we will never know".....same deal. Too stupid.