Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner ) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: re: voting - (nf) Message-ID: <5760@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 22:28:50 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5760 Posted: Mon Feb 20 22:28:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 08:56:22 EST Lines: 18 #R:ihuxw:-71200:uiucdcs:29200098:000:586 uiucdcs!renner Feb 20 17:55:00 1984 /***** uiucdcs:net.politics / orca!curts / 4:42 am Feb 18, 1984 */ > > PS. Voting credentials have already been used, and discarded as a > bad idea. The forms of "voting credentials" previously used, such as the "grandfather clause", poll taxes, and oral constitution tests administered by county officials all had the *intent* (and not just the effect) of keeping minority members from voting. The question now is whether all forms of voter qualifications are a bad idea. The experiences of the past are no help for this question. Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner