20 Jaw-Droppingly Weird Laws That Still Exist In America
8. New Mexico - Idiots Are Not Allowed To Vote
Law's Origin: 1911
Risk of Prosecution: Slapped stupid
Welcome to New Mexico, where idiots cannot vote and the motto is, "wishful thinking brought us here." Maybe they thought they could add an aptitude test to every voting machine. If people couldn't pass the test, they wouldn't be able to cast their ballots. Maybe the people who wrote this law shouldn't be allowed to vote.
About twelve years ago New Mexico voted to have the word idiots removed from the law. People became concerned that not replacing the word with more definitive language would lead to dumb people voting. Thus, the law still prohibits idiots. Sad story.
Our Rating: New Mexico ranks fifty-first in being unabashedly clueless.