literacy test

literacy test. A test of one’s ability to read and write, formerly required in some states as a condition for registering to vote. • Congress banned this use of literacy tests in 1975. [Cases: Elections 59. C.J.S. Elections § 16.]

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词条贡献者

法律翻译玉晶，毕业于英国一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各类与通用数据保护条例有关的法律文件。