Title I

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Title I is the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that addresses voting rights protections, particularly by prohibiting unequal application of voter registration requirements.

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Title I canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf section of a United States federal statute ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate discrimination in voter registration ⓘ
protect voting rights ⓘ
appliesTo voter registration ⓘ
basedOn Fifteenth Amendment principles ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment principles ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fifteenth Amendment prohibition on racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedAsPartOf Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
enactmentDate 1964-07-02 ⓘ
enforcementMechanism actions by the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
federal court actions ⓘ
historicalContext Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea civil rights law ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ
legalForm federal statute provision ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
partOf Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
prohibits different registration standards for different ethnic groups ⓘ
different registration standards for different national origin groups ⓘ
different registration standards for different racial groups ⓘ
different registration standards for different religious groups ⓘ
discriminatory standards for voter registration ⓘ
unequal application of voter registration requirements ⓘ
protects citizens seeking to register to vote ⓘ
purpose to prevent denial of the right to vote through discriminatory registration practices ⓘ
to secure equal access to voter registration ⓘ
relatedTo Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
scope voter registration procedures ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
subjectMatter non-discrimination in voter registration ⓘ
voting rights protections ⓘ
targets local voter registration practices ⓘ
state voter registration laws ⓘ
typeOfRestrictionAddressed discriminatory registration procedures ⓘ
discriminatory registration tests ⓘ

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 → title → Title I ⓘ
subject linked to: CRA 1964