Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 1973c


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1973c - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 89-110, title I, Sec. 5, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 439;
    renumbered title I and amended Pub. L. 91-285, Secs. 2, 5, June 22,
    1970, 84 Stat. 314, 315; Pub. L. 94-73, title II, Secs. 204, 206,
    title IV, Sec. 405, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 402, 404.)
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1975 - Pub. L. 94-73 inserted "or whenever a State or political
    subdivision with respect to which the prohibitions set forth in
    section 1973b(a) of this title based upon determinations made under
    third sentence of section 1973b(b) of this title are in effect
    shall enact or seek to administer any voting qualification or
    prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with
    respect to voting different from that in force or effect on
    November 1, 1972," after 1968, substituted "or upon good cause
    shown, to facilitate an expedited approval within sixty days after
    such submission, the Attorney General has affirmatively indicated
    that such objection will not be made. Neither an affirmative
    indication by the Attorney General that no objection will be made,
    nor the Attorney General's failure to object," for "except that
    neither the Attorney General's failure to object", and "on account
    of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth
    in section 1973b(f)(2) of this title" for "on account of race or
    color", and inserted provisions that in the event the Attorney
    General affirmatively indicates that no objection will be made
    within the sixty-day period following receipt of a submission, the
    Attorney General may reserve the right to examine the submission if
    additional information comes to his attention during the remainder
    of the sixty-day period which would otherwise require objection in
    accordance with this section.
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-285 inserted "based upon determinations made
    under the first sentence of section 1973b(b) of this title" after
    "section 1973b(a) of this title" and "or whenever a State or
    political subdivision with respect to which the prohibitions set
    forth in section 1973b(a) of this title based upon determinations
    made under the second sentence of section 1973b(b) of this title
    are in effect shall enact or seek to administer any voting
    qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or
    procedure with respect to voting different from that in force or
    effect on November 1, 1968," after "1964,".
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 1973b, 1973j, 1973l,
    15545 of this title.

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