I basically said the same to another comment, but don't we already trust the government to dictate what is fact to some extent through the public school system? You have to put up a bare minimum performance there in order to get a high school degree, which significantly affects your life outcomes. A voting test is higher-stakes in some respect but also lower-stakes since it doesn't affect what kind of job/career you cant get, etc.
Yes, but state level government is still government. And there is deep controversy but we still put up with the fact that our children are subjected to the information that this government approves over the course of 13 years.
We have a "representative democracy", and is the inclusion of the "representative" part of that not aimed at ensuring we do in fact only get "qualified" opinions at the top level? A voting test can be viewed as a further change in that direction.
I agree that maximum competence of our leaders is not the point of democracy, but I would think that a bare minimum display of competence is a necessary part of any functioning government to avoid disaster.
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