@georgetakei Although it's amusing as a joke, it's important to remember that historically such tests were used to prevent Black people from voting - the content of the tests themselves and actual civics knowledge were meaningless; the tests were designed so the person who proctored them could disqualify anyone they pleased, which they used to disqualify anyone they personally felt was the "wrong sort" of people or who might vote the wrong way.

Even if a modern test were automatically graded, it's easy to see how it could be used in a similar manner - states would set their own tests and red states would just require flatly false answers to things they know only their supporters would answer the right way, eg. requiring people to falsely assert that the 2020 election was stolen (or, if they wanted to be more subtle, that there was "reasonable evidence" or something of that nature.)