I've wanted to see considered a requirement to pass a citizenship test before being allowed to vote; the same test that naturalized citizens are required to take (I'd like to see it required for graduating from high school, but somehow this seems like an easier hurdle). How fair is it to naturalized citizens that they have to take this t…
I've wanted to see considered a requirement to pass a citizenship test before being allowed to vote; the same test that naturalized citizens are required to take (I'd like to see it required for graduating from high school, but somehow this seems like an easier hurdle). How fair is it to naturalized citizens that they have to take this test, but citizens don't, and can be more grossly ignorant of our country than they are! There have been some surveys of this in recent years which have reported that about 20% of *citizens* would pass this test today! I took it a few years ago, and passed easily. I think what it really demonstrates is that so many citizens weren't taught our history, nor have had a civics course.
I've wanted to see considered a requirement to pass a citizenship test before being allowed to vote; the same test that naturalized citizens are required to take (I'd like to see it required for graduating from high school, but somehow this seems like an easier hurdle). How fair is it to naturalized citizens that they have to take this test, but citizens don't, and can be more grossly ignorant of our country than they are! There have been some surveys of this in recent years which have reported that about 20% of *citizens* would pass this test today! I took it a few years ago, and passed easily. I think what it really demonstrates is that so many citizens weren't taught our history, nor have had a civics course.
Spot on!