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52 U.S.C. 10101: Voting rights
Created in 1957 by Public Law 85-315. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
1965
- Pub. L. 89–110, §15(a), struck out "Federal" before "election" wherever appearing. · (a), (c)
- Pub. L. 89–110, §15(b), redesignated subsecs. (g) and (h) as (f) and (g), respectively, and repealed former subsec. (f) which defined "Federal elections". · (f), (g), (h)
1964
- Pub. L. 88–352, §101(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). · (a)
- Pub. L. 88–352, §101(b), provided for a rebuttable literacy presumption when a person has not been adjudged an incompetent and has completed the sixth grade of his schooling. · (c)
- Pub. L. 88–352, §101(c), added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g). · (f), (g)
- Pub. L. 88–352, §101(d), added subsec. (h). · (h)
1960
- Pub. L. 86–449, §601(b), permitted the State to be joined as a party defendant in cases where officials of a State or subdivision thereof are alleged to have committed acts or practices constituting a deprivation of any rights or privileges secured by subsection (a) of this section, an… · (c)
- Pub. L. 86–449, §601(a), added subsec. (e) and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f). · (e), (f)
1957
- Pub. L. 85–315, §131, substituted "Voting rights" for "Race, color, or previous condition not to affect right to vote" in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsecs. (b) to (e).
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.