Should we require that voters have some understanding of the issues prior to allowing them to vote?

I share in your emotion but who determines what counts as "informed?" Biggots used this same reasoning as an excuse to keep blacks out of the voting booth. That has left a sour taste in our mouths for any program like you are refering to.

Jesse Jackson couldn't know for sure how these people would vote, but he probably knew what odds were.

It seems like paying a person to vote should be illegal. One state is considering voting in a tax lottery where one voter after an election will win the jackpot. I want more voters out there, too, but it seems like this approach would only increase the number of uninformed voters and that doesn't sound good to me!

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First, people on all parts of the spectrum have been doing this for years. I see people have totally forgotten Christie Whitman when she ran for NJ Governor, was found to have given "walking around money" to community leaders to help in her election. Was she arrested? Of course not., but anytime you have a polarizing figure like Jesse Jackson, he should be burned at the stake. He's not my favorite person, but I'm not sure its helpful to personalize issues like this. I think that that the beauty of the democracy we have is that Government should play no role in making sure that people understand issues--people should be trusted to make up their own minds--but understand clearly that when they don't what the pitfalls are.

I dont know the legality of this case but surely every person has a legal right to vote! If they get swayed then thats not their fault and you cant take away their voting rights because of it! If only peole who understood issues could vote where do you draw the line? You'd end up with an intellectual elite of Politics students doing all the decision making....now theres an idea

He wasnt arrested becuase the program ALLEGED he did this.

It is impossible to draw a line to determine if you know the issues or not. Would you have to know ALL of them or just a select few? Which ones? It is our right as an american to vote, it is up to us to learn what we are voting for.

Sounds fraudulent to me. And shameful. But no, you can't require that people are "educated" prior to voting - who would determine what constitutes understanding the issues? Too close to trying to indoctrinate people one way or another.

But shame on anyone who does not educate themselves, and shame on anyone who does not vote.

i agree,i recently heard about a lotto you can be entered in to encourage more people to vote,that's absurd,we need intelligent votes not someone who just goes down the line without even knowing what they are doing

absolutely,i also believe an IQ test must determine if a person gets to vote or not.

yes, yes, yes, and he should be