Do you think a qualification test should be given for ability to vote?

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   breathe2travelposted 12 years ago

   Do you think a qualification test should be given for ability to vote?

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   newcalendarposted 12 years ago

   I'm not sure, after all how could you be sure what would qualify as right and wrong on the test? I do hold the opinion that if you have a criminal record for any offense you should be stripped of the right to vote at all though.

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   JThomp42posted 12 years ago

   No. If you are an American citizen that is all the qualification that is needed.

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   duffsmomposted 12 years ago

   The qualification test is being an American citizen.  Voting is a right that comes with being a citizen.  It isn't for us to judge whether someone is qualified to vote or not as the standards for being qualified would be very hard to pin down.

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   kenjmoposted 12 years ago

   Being in prison might be the only factor I see. If someone has done their time then they should be allowed to vote thats what rehibilitation is. And as a African American this sounds more like the aptitude test given before and after Jim Crow.

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   Attikosposted 12 years ago

   Absolutely. One question: "Are you going to vote for me, or not?"
   
   Oh. Wait a moment. They pretty much already do that in Chicago.
   
   Never mind.

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   Kari Peteposted 12 years ago

   No.  As a woman with a good understanding of history, I firmly believe that the only fair way to run a system is to provide that every citizen be granted the right to vote.  Indeed, I see it as a civic duty.

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   Paninanimateposted 12 years ago

   Yes.  We cant have people voting based on ideas that Medicare is not a federal program. The low information voter is a greater threat than the inequity of limiting voting rights.  This is only true now.  My grandfathers generation was the greatest, we are the dumbest.

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   mrnasirposted 12 years ago

   I think voting means giving your opinion about some matter but If a man don't understand that matter completely and also don't know the man he's voting for,then what's the value of his vote?
   Qualification test is a good idea.

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      kenjmoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      how would you apply the qualification tests and what prevents ideological veiws to corrupt the process?

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      mrnasirposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      kenjmo
      First tell me do you agree with my answer or not?
      The details of qualification test is another topic.

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