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CS asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Should you have to take an IQ test to vote?

What should be the minimum IQ cutoff? And should votes also be weighted based on your score?(Higher score = more votes?)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    No because black voters would be disqualified from voting.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No! The constitution prohibits such tests but there should, and could, be a requirement that someone be literate before he can vote. If someone cannot read he has no way of knowing what he is voting for other than what someone else tells him the ballot says.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, the IQ exam is an out-dated and inaccurate measure of intelligence. What they could have though is a basic general knowledge exam to test the voters' awareness of political issues. Probably far too time-consuming though.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If that was the case Obama would not be President, just look at the answers people gave to simple questions. And they all voted for Obama

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjuvpp_j8oQ&feature...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well there goes 1/3 of each party. I say cut it off at 95.

  • 1 decade ago

    No liberals should have the right to vote instruction and guidance yes but they should be able to vote

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bloody good idea!we'd never,ever have a labour(communist)government again!

    Source(s): common sense...vote conservative...
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'd be happy to submit to one if necessary, they should do DNA testing too...

    SO MICKEY MOUSE and LUKE FRICKEN SKYWALKER can't gin the vote for ACORN the next time around...

    Source(s): 20 Jan 2013 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!!!
  • Sugar
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No, not if you have a working brain.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hitler was a genius.

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