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Re:South Korean President Impeached by piotrkaminski on Thursday March 09, 2017 @10:58PM (#13836255)
> are we proposing education testing before casting a vote?

I'm curious, have there been any known attempts to condition the right to vote on passing some kind of IQ, education, or rational thinking test? If so, how did they work out?

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Re:South Korean President Impeached by dllthomas on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:17PM (#13836336)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test#Voting
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Re:South Korean President Impeached by piotrkaminski on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:51PM (#13836463)
Thanks, that's some useful history to know. Any data points from other countries?
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Re:South Korean President Impeached by dllthomas on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:52PM (#13836468)
Not off the top of my head - IANAH :-P
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Re:South Korean President Impeached by 0xcde4c3db on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:18PM (#13836341)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenfranchisement_after_the_R...
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