Wow...a bit surprised here...not unexpectedly, though.
People who are part of the "power base" have tried for centuries to keep those who are a threat away from the voting booths. Poll taxes that kept the poor from being able to vote. Unreasonable requirements for voter registration. All of them have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which seems to share my belief that every LEGAL (i.e. not the undocumented immigrant population) citizen of our country should be allowed a small, but equal, voice in who runs our country.
What would you want in this case? A mandatory IQ test in order to get a voter registration card? I can assure you that almost every IQ test out there has some cultural bias...have given IQ tests for 25 years, so I am pretty familiar with most versions.
Sure, there are times I'm amused by some of the things people tell Jay Leno...but isn't amusement the intent of the feature?
Sorry, guys, I have championed access for the differently abled for all of my 33 years in public education...this just sounds like effit snobbery to me.
Doug