The Role of Elected Officials

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Originally Posted by devonin

Would it be too much to ask that a general level civics test be required to be able to register to vote? **support etc.**

Apparently it is: in Indiana there was recently a law passed that required photo identification to vote. But this is apparently discriminatory, as poor people are not able to get photo ID (that ~$50 must really kill your wallet, really) and that is WRONG. So now it's up to the Supreme Court to decide if that's constitutional or not.

If it is such a huge event when a possible 25000 people are maybe not allowed to vote, the limiting of giant chunks of the population would certainly be shot down immediately.

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