I don't see why a "civics" test needs to be about the
test of the constitution or even about how the government
works at all. It could be stuff like
1 "Where
does the Republican Party stand on taxation?" "What party
is Harry Browne?" "Which party wants to extend the Clean
Air Act to cover cow flatulence?"
A coworker (a Libertarian, for reference), suggests that
the first thing he'd like to see is: on the ballot, no
parties are listed. You'd just have the names, and you'd
just have to know who the people you wanted to vote
for were. It sounds like a reasonable first step to me.
1 I'm just pulling these examples out of
my... head. yeah, out of my head.