“Voting rights should require passing a basic competency test”
Agree
- Uninformed voting damages democracy
- We require tests for driving why not voting
- Policy literacy would improve governance
- Protects against pure populism
- Rights come with responsibilities
Disagree
- This was literally used to suppress minorities
- Who decides what's 'competent' enough
- Democracy means everyone gets a voice
- Education access is already unequal
- Slippery slope to disenfranchisement
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