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To: PlainOleAmerican

Though many may disagree, I’ve often thought that an IQ test should be a pre-requisite for voter registration.


19 posted on 08/09/2007 7:53:23 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Rushmore Rocks

For running for office too...


23 posted on 08/09/2007 7:56:59 PM PDT by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Rushmore Rocks
"I’ve often thought that an IQ test should be a pre-requisite for voter registration."

But ... but ... if we got rid of voters with low IQ's, who would hang and impregnate chads?

;-) I agree wholeheartedly with you.

25 posted on 08/09/2007 7:58:48 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Though many may disagree, I’ve often thought that an IQ test should be a pre-requisite for voter registration.

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Two kinds of people will disagree, those who have low IQ but want to vote anyway, and those who have high IQ but are living proof that IQ tests only measure a small part of what counts.
I think the founders had it right in the first place. Only male property owners who could demonstrate that they could read, write and understand the Constitution were allowed to vote.


50 posted on 08/09/2007 8:11:17 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Does anybody still believe this is a free country?)
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