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English, 05.12.2019 01:31 autumnguidry7628

Which statement best evaluates johnson’s argument in “the right to vote”?

1. johnson cites instances of voter suppression, then gives valid reasons why laws protecting the freedom to vote need to be enforced.

2. johnson claims that he to put three voter suppression laws on the books but local officials are unsure about what they mean.

3. johnson defends the right of all people to vote and believes the existing laws are not clear enough for voters to understand them.

4. johnson explains ways the rights of some voters are suppressed, then gives reasons why those who prove they have college degrees can vote.

excerpt from "the american promise" by lyndon b. johnson

the right to vote

our fathers believed that if this noble view of the rights of man was to flourish, it must be rooted in democracy. the most basic right of all was the right to choose your own leaders. the history of this country, in large measure, is the history of the expansion of that right to all of our people.

many of the issues of civil rights are very complex and most difficult. but about this there can and should be no argument. every american citizen must have an equal right to vote. there is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. there is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.

yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are negroes.

every device of which human ingenuity is capable has been used to deny this right. the negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong, or the hour is late, or the official in charge is absent. and if he persists, and if he manages to present himself to the registrar, he may be disqualified because he did not spell out his middle name or because he abbreviated a word on the application.

and if he manages to fill out an application he is given a test. the registrar is the sole judge of whether he passes this test. he may be asked to recite the entire constitution, or explain the most complex provisions of state law. and even a college degree cannot be used to prove that he can read and write.

for the fact is that the only way to pass these barriers is to show a white skin.

experience has clearly shown that the existing process of law cannot overcome systematic and ingenious discrimination. no law that we now have on the books-and i have to put three of them there—can ensure the right to vote when local officials are determined to deny it.

in such a case our duty must be clear to all of us. the constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color. we have all sworn an oath before god to support and to defend that constitution. we must now act in obedience to that oath.

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