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A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote

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319 points rcarmo | 2 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.463s | source
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elzbardico[dead post] ◴[22 Oct 24 13:53 UTC] No.41914288[source]▶
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MeetingsBrowser ◴[22 Oct 24 14:26 UTC] No.41914644[source]▶
I don’t think it’s right to put any sort of filter on which citizens are allowed to vote.

Any filter immediately becomes a tool to limit the number of voters for the opposition.

We already have arguments over what should be considered a felony , gerrymandering county lines, etc.

Seems like requiring a certain level of education would just incentivize more attacks on public education

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hammock ◴[22 Oct 24 14:28 UTC] No.41914667[source]▶
Isn’t “citizen” itself a filter? We have requirements for being a citizen, after all.

We even have a citizenship test, for those not born here

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[22 Oct 24 14:44 UTC] No.41914824[source]▶
It is, but it's one to protect a country, else a foreign entity could, for example, move a million people temporarily to the country to vote for policies or politicians that benefit them.

I mean it would be a huge undertaking etc etc, but there's people and state actors with infinite means to do so.

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2. hammock ◴[22 Oct 24 14:48 UTC] No.41914853[source]▶
I’ll believe that when it happens