The Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of literacy tests given by registrars at voting precincts. The test determined if a person could vote.

Can you pass a voting literacy test? To show you just how problematic this practice was, we're challenging you to take the test yourself. Set a timer on your phone or watch for 10 minutes.

An illustration of voter registration in Selma, Alabama (Picture: Franklin McMahon/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) One literacy test in particular, administered in Louisiana, was designed to trip ...

Vivek Ramaswamy wants young voters to pass a civics test. ... In a sample 1965 Alabama literacy test, for instance, one question asked at what time of day a president’s term ends.

Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s. By Rebecca Onion. June 28, 2013 12:30 PM. Copy Link Share Share Comment ... (Two from the Alabama test: ...

The state adopted a poll tax and a literacy test, and established certain property requirements to vote. People convicted of certain crimes were not permitted to cast a ballot. Decades later, the ...

Alabama dusts off an old playbook for ... Lawmakers ultimately replaced the “understanding requirement” with a labyrinthine literacy test, ... Alabama began enforcing a draconian voter-ID law ...

On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in ...