The Need for a Voter IQ Card
Wisconsin needs a Voter IQ card to protect people from themselves and from others. This is not a new idea. There is a longstanding precedent in this country to restrict the right to vote to those who can pass tests. The Voter IQ card is a way of bringing the wisdom of the South to the great state of Wisconsin. We have laws whose purpose is to protect people from themselves or from others. Laws that set age limits on when children can quit school. Laws requiring people to wear seat belts in cars. Laws requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets. Laws that restrict drinking and smoking by age. As a society, we learned long ago there are people who must be protected from themselves. In fact, the writers of the U.S. Constitution understood the same thing. When the Constitution was drafted, the only citizens allowed to vote were white male landowners. Some may see that as bigotry. But at the time, it was mainly white male landowners who received an education. Minorities were denied educa