The gentleman talks about literacy tests. I have tried to point out. in explaining my amendment. that the test or device that is banned forever is much broader than a literacy test. As I am sure the gentleman will agree. the act provides that a test or device includes the requirement that a person demonstrate the ability to read. write. understand. or interpret any matter or demonstrate any educational achievement or knowledge. The gentleman has reference to the fact that the electronic media will inform persons and they do not have to be literate. That may be true. but this particular ban goes further than that. It would not permit a State to make any requirement for even the most fundamental knowledge of how the Govern1.6779 ment works. as to what the Senate or the House of Representatives does. any basic type of requirement of that nature. It is much broader than a ban on a literacy test. It is a ban on knowledge or information of any kind whatsoever.
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