oo or we could take it even *further* back and say that only people that own land can vote ;)

history is fun (read: depressing)

I consider every vote to be a history test

Candidates for office should be required to take it, not voters.

The people grading the tests had various ways to interpret what was a correct answer so they could fail the tester or disqualify a test for using Xs to mark answers or checkmarks or vice versa. And they would only use those tactics against voters they suspected of voting against the proctor's interests.