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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by coredog64 on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:31AM (#13391519)
George Santayana would like you to visit Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by tlrobinson on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:28AM (#13392080)
So have an audio version available?
Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by tangent128 on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:38PM (#13392684)
Literacy tests were not about literacy; the questions were often intentionally ambiguous (Think "What is the last letter of the first word?" or "Write backwards forwards."), allowing the instructor full discretion in passing or failing the would-be voter.

Predictably, nonwhite voters tended to be failed.

Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by tlrobinson on Saturday January 14, 2017 @01:01PM (#13399607)
Then what I suggested bears no resemblance to a literacy test. You wouldn't need to "pass" the test, just simply take it in order to encourage you to consider the issues and how the candidates align with your views.

But I agree with the other commenter, selecting the questions in a fair way would be challenging.