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Re:Feds Walk into a Building and Demand Everyone's Fingerpri... by tzs on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:06AM (#12722632)
> We were supposed to be nation of 'Jeffersons', or at least educated people with skin in the game. Only educated and land owning males were allowed the vote.

What states include being educated as an input to their voter eligibility determination?

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Re:Feds Walk into a Building and Demand Everyone's Fingerpri... by tedunangst on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:23AM (#12722683)
The presumption was that being a land owner was correlated with education. If not formal education, then at least an active interest in being informed about current affairs.
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