Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!curts From: curts@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: voting - (nf) Message-ID: <598@orca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 18:23:08 EST Article-I.D.: orca.598 Posted: Thu Feb 16 18:23:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:45:08 EST References: <5620@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR. Lines: 14 In a recent article, it appeared that Mr. Renner has suggested that people should demonstrate an ability to vote before they are allowed to vote. I may have misinterpreted this, but if I did not, I have two problems with this suggestion. One, I wouldn't trust *anyone* enough to establish a specific criteria for voters. Two, assuming that some criteria could be established, and that it involved specific kinds of knowledge, I wouldn't trust *anyone* to ensure that the information was not deliberately kept from some group of people. Curt Stephens PS. Voting credentials have already been used, and disgarded as a bad idea.