New Mexico has the right idea.

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AlanM
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New Mexico has the right idea.

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In the state of New Mexico, you can’t vote if you’re an idiot.
Specifically, the New Mexico State Constitution provides:
“Every U.S. citizen who has resided in New Mexico 12 months, in the county 90 days … shall be qualified to vote at all elections for public officers,” with the exception of “idiots,” as well as “insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime.”

I can think of a LOT of people in the lime light I consider to be in one or more of those classes.
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Re: New Mexico has the right idea.

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"Idiot" used to have a specific meaning, measured by IQ score. Political correctness in the psychiatric community took hold, and they'd like all of us to forget those standards ever existed.
Quit worrying, hide your gun well, shut up, and CARRY that handgun!

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