Read the following excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


No person acting under any color of law may deny the right of any individual to vote in any Federal election because of an error or omission on any record of paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting.

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn based on this excerpt?

A. States were intentionally placing errors on voter registration applications to keep African Americans from voting.

B. States were nullifying voter applications due to errors and omissions on the forms.

C. Voters did not understand how to accurately fill out voter registration forms.

D. Voters were refusing to complete some sections of voter registration forms.

Respuesta :

A. Is the correct answer

The following conclusion can be drawn based on the excerpt:

A. States were intentionally placing errors on voter registration applications to keep African Americans from voting.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, is talking about people whose right to vote is being denied. The fact that the act states that no one should be denied the right to vote due to errors or omissions in required records to vote, demonstrates that this was being a common excuse to prevent African Americans from voting. A way to stop states from doing this, was simply to pass an act in which this method was not longer useful to prevent some people from voting.

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