I believe ethanbond is alluding to the literacy tests that were instituted in order to vote prior to the federal 1965 Voting Rights Act. The tests were predomi

I believe ethanbond is alluding to the literacy tests that were instituted in order to vote prior to the federal 1965 Voting Rights Act. The tests were predominant in the South and were designed so that nonwhites would fail them. Here is a sample: http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf The instructions alone made my head spin. More from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html