For the second time, the Arkansas Attorney General has rejected language for a proposed statewide initiative, because the description of what the initiative would do is beyond a typical eight-grader’s ability to understand. A new law says initiatives must be described so as to be clear to people who read at an eighth-grate level. See this story.
What pct of New Age 8th graders can understand ANY Constitution and even any law – esp tax and criminal laws ???
Anyonr whose reading skills are thst poor should not be voting.
This is part of why I think people who can’t pass a test on what the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution say should not be able to vote or to donate to political campaigns.
The problem with that is who would administer or interpret the tests. If it was patriotic conservatives like those who administered the literacy tests in conservative states up to the 1960s, I’d agree with you. I’d also be ok with it if it was those who passed an extensive background check for signs of loyalty, sacrifice, and service to President Trump and his family. In the hands of traitorous scum like Obama, Clinton, Biden, Harris, Walz, and their supporters it could become real nightmare.
Arkansas would be well served by limiting its voters to those solely descended from the original voters it had when it became a State.
Maybe only people with middle school diplomas should be allowed to vote on initiatives.
No one should be allowed to vote on initiatives. Let legislators legislate. Restore original US voting criteria then narrow it down from there.