Beyond how other people are pointing out this is usually racist and a voter suppression taxtic, this also misses the point of voting.
The point of democracy is as an alternative to violence. The idea that we talk to, and listen to, each other instead of making demands with spears of guns or whatever. Cut people out of the process and they turn back to spears or guns or whatever else, literate or not.
Beyond how other people are pointing out this is usually racist and a voter suppression taxtic, this also misses the point of voting.
The point of democracy is as an alternative to violence. The idea that we talk to, and listen to, each other instead of making demands with spears of guns or whatever. Cut people out of the process and they turn back to spears or guns or whatever else, literate or not.