[V-2]

The idea would combine nicely with voting in the elections, too - given a casted vote has more impact than leaving a comment under a news article ;)

[blevs]

The days of voting literacy tests are not exactly a bright point in American history.

[V-2]

Every thing you can think of has been misused at some point in (not necessarily American) history.

[blevs]

That's very true. I should clarify that in addition to its history designing a test to selectively disenfranchise voters seems not the best to me.

[adamsea]

It’s all about context, though.