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should all voters be required to pass the same test that naturalized citizens must

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christiefan915 said:
I vote no.

And would also like to know which pollster decided that voters don't know what newly-naturalized citizens know.
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high school dropouts?

some of our congress critters

some of the posters on this web site

or those that have forgotten assuming that they payed attention longer than needed to pass a test and promptly forgot what they learned

i would like to be pleasantly surprised that more citizens knew what newly minted citizens had to learn
 
my wife is opposed to the proposition because it would become more and more politicalized and savaged by the right wing nuts

which is why once in place it would need to be difficult to revise and any original or revision would have to pass a review by scotus
 
Very interesting that the rightwingers would like to restrict peoples right to vote. But the thing is this would affect as many right wing voters as it would left. you look at the number of righties that think Barrack Obama was born in Africa.
 
Whatever tests are required to become a citizen have nothing to do with whether that citizen can vote. Any citizen that is of voting age and has done nothing that would deny his/her voting should be allowed to vote without any test except proof of identity and registration in the voting district.

Each voter should be required to be stamped or to dip his/her finger (or nose) in ink that will not go away prior to the closing of the polls.

The vast majority of our citizens are citizens by birth and passed no test whatsoever to become citizens.

There should be no test by which any party can conveniently preclude eligible voter from voting.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878573.html

http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/voterinformation/Pages/felons.aspx
 
asaratis said:
Whatever tests are required to become a citizen have nothing to do with whether that citizen can vote. Any citizen that is of voting age and has done nothing that would deny his/her voting should be allowed to vote without any test except proof of identity and registration in the voting district.

Each voter should be required to be stamped or to dip his/her finger (or nose) in ink that will not go away prior to the closing of the polls.

The vast majority of our citizens are citizens by birth and passed no test whatsoever to become citizens.

There should be no test by which any party can conveniently preclude eligible voter from voting.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878573.html

http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/voterinformation/Pages/felons.aspx
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Well said. Only wannabe plutocrats want tests that exclude people from the ballot.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
would you support a law for a test of a citizen to carry a gun?
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Yes. Not to a test to own a gun, but for a carry permit that should be a "shall issue upon passing" wherein any gun owner demonstrates that he/she is capable of holding and firing the gun. A person without arms can legally own a gun. They should not be permitted to carry one.
 
asaratis said:
Yes. Not to a test to own a gun, but for a carry permit that should be a "shall issue upon passing" wherein any gun owner demonstrates that he/she is capable of holding and firing the gun. A person without arms can legally own a gun. They should not be permitted to carry one.
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the right to keep AND bear arms.....

how do you divide that again?
 
CaptBillyTheKid said:
No. If you must take a test to exercise your right, it has ceased to be a right.
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Exactly. And tests would be rigged in such a way that Chicago could have a defacto ban and just say that no one can pass their test. The rights in the first ten amendments are rights we possess that the government did not give us, they exist with us regardless of the government.
 
DonQuixote said:
high school dropouts?

some of our congress critters

some of the posters on this web site

or those that have forgotten assuming that they payed attention longer than needed to pass a test and promptly forgot what they learned

i would like to be pleasantly surprised that more citizens knew what newly minted citizens had to learn
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There are possibilities among all those you posted. However, civics lessons are taught throughout the 12 years of our education system, just spread out rather than distilled into one test booklet like the naturalized citizens study.

Here are a few of the questions. Now I'm not saying that people shouldn't be informed and up-to-date on the country but what do the following questions have to do with voting? And there are others like them on the test. Some just seem like general knowledge for the new citizen.

11. What is the economic system in the United States?*
A: capitalist economy
A: market economy

56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*
A: April 15

88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
A: Missouri (River)
A: Mississippi (River)

93. Name one state that borders Mexico.
A: California
A: Arizona
A: New Mexico
A: Texas

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/blinstst_new.htm
 
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