Title VIII – Registration and Voting Statistics
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Title VIII – Registration and Voting Statistics is a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that authorizes the collection and publication of data on voter registration and participation to help identify and address discriminatory voting practices.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ⓘ
section of a United States federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
States
ⓘ
political subdivisions of States ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
federal civil rights enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| authorizes |
collection of data on voter registration
ⓘ
collection of data on voter turnout ⓘ publication of registration and voting statistics ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | United States Statutes at Large ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataUse |
identifying areas with low minority voter registration
ⓘ
monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws ⓘ supporting litigation against discriminatory voting practices ⓘ |
| enactedAsPartOf | Public Law 88-352 ⓘ |
| enactmentDate | 1964-07-02 ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | federal collection and publication of statistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
federal elections
ⓘ
local elections ⓘ participation in elections ⓘ registration of voters ⓘ state elections ⓘ |
| geographicScope | nationwide in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Registration and Voting Statistics ⓘ |
| historicalContext | civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| intendedTo |
assist the Department of Justice in voting rights enforcement
ⓘ
provide empirical evidence of racial discrimination in voting ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| presidentWhoSigned | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| purpose |
to authorize the collection of voter registration statistics
ⓘ
to authorize the collection of voting participation statistics ⓘ to identify discriminatory voting practices ⓘ to support enforcement of federal voting rights protections ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| statutoryType | civil rights statute provision ⓘ |
| supports |
federal oversight of elections
ⓘ
implementation of equal voting rights guarantees ⓘ |
| targetsProblem |
racial discrimination in voter participation
ⓘ
racial discrimination in voter registration ⓘ |
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