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spiritplumber
on March 17, 2015
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Thomas Edison's 146 question interview for prospec...
Sadly that's pretty much how "comprehension tests" in the South worked in order to keep black people from voting.
jqm
on March 18, 2015
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Maybe a comprehension test isn't a bad idea. It would probably keep just as many whites from voting nowadays as well.
spiritplumber
on March 18, 2015
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The problem is that in the olden days, it was the precinct worker's choice over who had to take it and who got it waived... and all the white folks got waived.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_right...
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