Voting discussion thread

[RollTide_HTTR]

It is not and yes I do. Thankfully, ignorance is curable. To put it another way, "Even stupidity has a certain charm; ignorance does not." -Frank Zappa

And before anybody gets his shorts in a knot re: constitutional rights, I'll remind all that 2A is the law of the land, but we infringe on it all the time and for good reasons. Why should voting be any different? One cannot be an absolutist on a part-time basis. It just doesn't work that way.

Because the 2 things are not comparable. You could shoot one or many people with a gun. One vote cannot cause massive amounts of harm. Also, just history of this country and voter suppression. It would be extremely easy to weaponize any sort of test.

To be frank it is a terrible and dangerous idea.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

It is not and yes I do. Thankfully, ignorance is curable. To put it another way, "Even stupidity has a certain charm; ignorance does not." -Frank Zappa

And before anybody gets his shorts in a knot re: constitutional rights, I'll remind all that 2A is the law of the land, but we infringe on it all the time and for good reasons. Why should voting be any different? One cannot be an absolutist on a part-time basis. It just doesn't work that way.

Actually, people are absolutist on one issue or another all the the time, without being so on all issues. It does indeed work that way...

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Limiting access to voting is what the GOP has always wanted. Requiring a test that I'm sure they would design is just another means to that end.