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Hello. So this is my own personal idea of how a pre-vote test should be. I think that in this day and age, when so much information is available, there should be pre-vote testing to separate the people who care and are informed from those who sometimes can't even read properly.
How will this go down?
In the case of a presidential election lets say.
Anytime between 2-3 weeks before the voting day, the test is made public. People are allowed to discuss the test, see the responses on the test and so on and so forth. The test is multiple choice and the questions are a set number. Say 10 questions. If you pass X/10 (my personal belief is that it should be 8/10) you get to vote. But the questions are randomized for each sheet of paper. Which means that you can't learn the right answers and just go in and do automatically. You need to know what the questions are. So lets say 2 people walk in to take the test. Q1 on one guys' test may be Q3 on the others'. And Q3 on ones' test may be Q10 on the others'. But it's the same questions, same number, no other questions. Again, all these are made public 2-3 weeks in advance of the vote day. So let's take on example for the US.
Q1) How many branches of government are there?
a) Three branches (executive, legislative, judicial)
b) Two branches (congress and the president)
c) Three branches (The Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives)
d) There is just one government branch, the government.
Q2) Which amendment to the Constitution banned slavery?
a) The first amendment
b) The second amendment
c) The thirteenth amendment
d) all of the above
Q3) What is the minimum number of electoral college votes a candidate must win to become President?
a)538
b)600
c)200
d)270
you get the drill. Other questions may include stuff about historical legislative rulings, important historical periods, rights, questions about the electoral college (what happens if no candidate wins sufficient votes to become president?)etc.
There can be no questions about who the current candidate is, what are his policies, etc. so you don't influence the voter.
Again. There are just 10 questions, multiple answer, released 2-3 weeks before the voting day. this is done to raise awareness of voters on how important their vote is and why it's important to be informed. People who can't be bothered to know the minimum required have no business voting just for the sake of it.
How does it work? you go in to vote. You get a test. You sit your ass down. You have 30min to complete the test. If you pass, you go in and vote. If not, you go home.
How will this go down?
In the case of a presidential election lets say.
Anytime between 2-3 weeks before the voting day, the test is made public. People are allowed to discuss the test, see the responses on the test and so on and so forth. The test is multiple choice and the questions are a set number. Say 10 questions. If you pass X/10 (my personal belief is that it should be 8/10) you get to vote. But the questions are randomized for each sheet of paper. Which means that you can't learn the right answers and just go in and do automatically. You need to know what the questions are. So lets say 2 people walk in to take the test. Q1 on one guys' test may be Q3 on the others'. And Q3 on ones' test may be Q10 on the others'. But it's the same questions, same number, no other questions. Again, all these are made public 2-3 weeks in advance of the vote day. So let's take on example for the US.
Q1) How many branches of government are there?
a) Three branches (executive, legislative, judicial)
b) Two branches (congress and the president)
c) Three branches (The Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives)
d) There is just one government branch, the government.
Q2) Which amendment to the Constitution banned slavery?
a) The first amendment
b) The second amendment
c) The thirteenth amendment
d) all of the above
Q3) What is the minimum number of electoral college votes a candidate must win to become President?
a)538
b)600
c)200
d)270
you get the drill. Other questions may include stuff about historical legislative rulings, important historical periods, rights, questions about the electoral college (what happens if no candidate wins sufficient votes to become president?)etc.
There can be no questions about who the current candidate is, what are his policies, etc. so you don't influence the voter.
Again. There are just 10 questions, multiple answer, released 2-3 weeks before the voting day. this is done to raise awareness of voters on how important their vote is and why it's important to be informed. People who can't be bothered to know the minimum required have no business voting just for the sake of it.
How does it work? you go in to vote. You get a test. You sit your ass down. You have 30min to complete the test. If you pass, you go in and vote. If not, you go home.