Should stupid people have the right to Vote ?

[SIRandyraven]

Some people with a low IQ are allowed to vote.
Should they have right ?

[madmaggot]

Yes but they are probably too stupid to bother.

[Prudie]

Most do

[squarebear]

Only if they know what they are doing. Some states of America make people pass a literary test before allowing them a vote.

[SIRandyraven]

Is that true SquareBear ?

How the hell did Bush ever become president then ?

[madmaggot]

But Squarebear, the inability to read does not always indicate a low IQ does it.

[DTCwordfan]

So what level of IQ qualifies you then.

Lets ban women and those don't own property while we are at it.

Daft.

[squarebear]

Don't shoot the messenger. :-)

[ChuckFickens]

psst, Squarebear

Go and google "Voting Rights Act of 1965"

[squarebear]

Ah yes, banned in 1965.

"Congress intended the Act to outlaw the practice of requiring otherwise qualified voters to pass literacy tests in order to register to vote, a principal means by which Southern states had prevented African-Americans from exercising the franchise"

[maggie21]

Any stupid person can write an X In a box.

[SIRandyraven]

X ?
How do spell that ?

[maggie21]

Like this' Kiss.' Doh..

[JonnyBoy12]

Is that so, squarebear, and if so then can you give us an example of this? Do you think that this would be a good idea for the AnswerBank as well?

[dzug2]

<<as long as they are rate payers they should still be allowed to vote >>

Well only business people pay rates these days - I think Thatcher abolished them for private houses.

So only business people should be able to vote?


If the answer to the initial question is 'no' - how to you measure it and where do you draw the line? IQ isn't a constant - it will be different every time you test it even if only slightly