ite males. I think that knowledge about politics should not be distinguished. It is too difficult to judge a person's knowledge, and a 68 question test is not going to sufficiently determine it. I feel that the only qualifications needed to vote should be your citizenship. Every individual's opinion together determines the public opinion. The public opinion is most easily sought through voting. This is why every individual, not just the highly educated, should be given the right to vote. Literacy tests were a way of limiting voters and regulating the outcome of elections. The effort to keep the voting and government power from the blacks and minorities was finally outlawed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I feel that some political knowledge is important when voting. However, a voter should take it upon themselves to learn about the individuals running in elections and should not be given a test to judge one's eligibility to vote. A person voting should realize that their vote counts and take voting seriously. The individuals that are not interested in politics usually have very little political knowledge, and tend not to even get involved with the voting process. I feel that if a person cares enough about their government, they will educate themselves in the area of politics and vote. I think that is a test itself, because those that are not interested in politics will not even register to vote in U.S. elections. ...
