PapofGlencoe Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_rights_and_the_supreme_court_the_impossible_literacy_test_louisiana.html Jim Crow laws put in place to put barriers up to minority voting in the South. They had ten minutes to complete and weren't allowed one wrong answer. Had to pass this to be allowed to vote. Can't believe this was allowed to happen as recently as the 60s. Edited August 17, 2017 by PapofGlencoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 TBH, part of me thinks that you should have to sit a test here to demonstrate you know what you're voting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, aaid said: TBH, part of me thinks that you should have to sit a test here to demonstrate you know what you're voting for. Me too. I would also say that many a politician would struggle to finish that test in 1/2 hr never mind 10 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Everyone gets a vote. Democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Anyone thing 2064 will be utopia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 That's mental. Deliberately opaque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 7 hours ago, aaid said: TBH, part of me thinks that you should have to sit a test here to demonstrate you know what you're voting for. Who decides what the test is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Thanks for posting this. I did Politics A level years and years ago with a great teacher who was American. He told us about these tests but I've never seen one (didn't have the internet back then!). Key thing is which racist did the marking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapofGlencoe Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 5 hours ago, Hertsscot said: Thanks for posting this. I did Politics A level years and years ago with a great teacher who was American. He told us about these tests but I've never seen one (didn't have the internet back then!). Key thing is which racist did the marking. that's it. Answers could be read in different ways. Upto the marker to decide. Crazy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 18 hours ago, aaid said: TBH, part of me thinks that you should have to sit a test here to demonstrate you know what you're voting for. What happens if you fail your test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDange Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 18 hours ago, aaid said: TBH, part of me thinks that you should have to sit a test here to demonstrate you know what you're voting for. Agreed in theory but as people have mentioned, the administration of such a test would be almost impossible to manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapofGlencoe Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 did anyone get the answer to question 1? I've read it ten times and still have no idea how you're supposed to answer it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 16 minutes ago, PapofGlencoe said: did anyone get the answer to question 1? I've read it ten times and still have no idea how you're supposed to answer it. I think the answer is to circle the number 1 at the start of the question. The questions could be listed 1,2,3... or A,B,C i thought...Total ba$tards if so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 11 hours ago, ParisInAKilt said: Who decides what the test is? The test is "Are you going to vote SNP?". "Yes" is the only correct answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 It wasn't a serious suggestion - hence the "a part of me". My point is that there is a tendency these days to dumb down politics into simple soundbites and slogans that hide some fairly complex or difficult issues. All parties are guilty of that to some extent, be it "Stronger for Scotland", "Strong and Stable", "Take back control", "Make America Great Again" or indeed "Better Together". In some cases there's some actual substance behind those slogans, some sense of what they mean, in other cases its just an empty soundbite with no detail beyond that. In the case of Brexit, if you asked people who voted Leave what "Take Back Control" would look like, I suspect you would get a lot of different answers many of which would be completely contradictory. It reminds me of times of the Simpsons episode, Marge versus the Monorail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) Q6 looks quite sly... Is it asking for three circles within circles (so two smaller ones within a perimeter circle) or just one circle within a circle and another third one sitting at this side. I suspect the latter which is ultrakhunty... Edited August 18, 2017 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 that is way beyond a literacy test... 'print the word vote upside down but in the correct order'... some really clever people might have problems with that. 20 seconds a question and cant get any wrong. No chance, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 14 minutes ago, aaid said: It wasn't a serious suggestion - hence the "a part of me". My point is that there is a tendency these days to dumb down politics into simple soundbites and slogans that hide some fairly complex or difficult issues. All parties are guilty of that to some extent, be it "Stronger for Scotland", "Strong and Stable", "Take back control", "Make America Great Again" or indeed "Better Together". In some cases there's some actual substance behind those slogans, some sense of what they mean, in other cases its just an empty soundbite with no detail beyond that. In the case of Brexit, if you asked people who voted Leave what "Take Back Control" would look like, I suspect you would get a lot of different answers many of which would be completely contradictory. It reminds me of times of the Simpsons episode, Marge versus the Monorail. If Yes had came out with a song as good as the Monorail song, we'd have romped the vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 20 minutes ago, thplinth said: Q6 looks quite sly... Is it asking for three circles within circles (so two smaller ones within a perimeter circle) or just one circle within a circle and another third one sitting at this side. I suspect the latter which is ultrakhunty... Several of the questions are pretty obviously written in a way that's open to interpretation, presumably so that it can be marked wrong whatever answer is given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 18 minutes ago, biffer said: Several of the questions are pretty obviously written in a way that's open to interpretation, presumably so that it can be marked wrong whatever answer is given. I think each one would have had a defined answer but if the question is ambiguous it is like throwing in having to call correctly three or four or more consecutive coin tosses as well. A belt and braces approach. I wonder what % passed. Tiny or zero I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Was there even an answer sheet? I don't suppose it was the sort of thing that could be challenged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 On 18/08/2017 at 1:12 PM, Parklife said: The test is "Are you going to vote SNP?". "Yes" is the only correct answer. ?? you are damned right it is .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 The problem would be the time restriction. You'd need to really take your time and read very carefully to pass this test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Ceelo Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 18 August 2017 at 1:34 PM, thplinth said: that is way beyond a literacy test... 'print the word vote upside down but in the correct order'... some really clever people might have problems with that. 20 seconds a question and cant get any wrong. No chance, I keep trying until all the blood rushing to my head makes my eyes blurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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