Editing Suffrage (section)

===Knowledge===
Sometimes the right to vote has been limited to people who had achieved a certain level of education or passed a certain test. In some US states, "[[literacy test]]s" were previously implemented to exclude those who were illiterate.<ref name="Transcript of Voting Rights Act 1965">[http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100&page=transcript Transcript of Voting Rights Act (1965)] U.S. National Archives.</ref> Black voters in the South were often deemed by election officials to have failed the test even when they did not.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm |title=Civil Rights Movement – Literacy Tests & Voter Applications |website=crmvet.org |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref> Under the 1961 constitution of [[Rhodesia]], voting on the "A" roll, which elected up to 50 of the 65 members of parliament, was restricted based on education requirements, which in practice led to an overwhelming white vote. Voting on the "B" roll had universal suffrage, but only appointed 15 members of parliament.<ref>Wood, J. R. T. (June 2005). So far and no further! Rhodesia's bid for independence during the retreat from empire 1959–1965. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. p. 92. {{ISBN|978-1-4120-4952-8}}.</ref>{{clarify |date=December 2018 |reason= Clarification needed:  What is "A roll" and "B roll"?}}

In the 20th century, many countries other than the US placed voting restrictions on illiterate people, including: [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]].<ref name="de Ferranti 2004" />