| Show Take Good Care Of Df Expensive Wool Blankets A Presidential commission recently voiced the hope that various voting barriers as maintained by the several states stales would be gradually and uniformly lowered so 80 that more Americans could and would participate in elections IT WAS AS noted that only a afew afew few states allowed 18 olds year to vote that residence requirements require require- ments were far too severe In Inmany Inmany many states and that there were often other barriers to voting such as the poll tax Wider vot r participation in government Is both desirable and healthy However although al al- though WP we agree with the commissions commissions commission's com missions mission's general conclusions not all of the barriers to mass voting are bad TilE TIIE EDUCATIONAL or lit racy cracy test If applied fairly to all all is not a bad test The founding fathers of the c coun country un try rl did not intend that the 11 11 liter literate te masses or the ignorant ignore ant or masses should enjoy the same right to vote as as the conscientious educated citizen To vot Is the responsibility of every qualified citizen It Itis Itis is also the responsibility of every citizen to become quaIl lied fled to vote THUS while we should like to see soo 18 year olds year olds vote and while we would like to see unnecessary un necessary barriers removed unlimited voting of all residents resi resi- dents Is not the solution for forthe forthe the country nor was it the Intention In of the men who wrote the e United States Stales |
