Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 1971
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1971 - Notes
SOURCE
(R.S. Sec. 2004; Pub. L. 85-315, pt. IV, Sec. 131, Sept. 9, 1957,
71 Stat. 637; Pub. L. 86-449, title VI, Sec. 601, May 6, 1960, 74
Stat. 90; Pub. L. 88-352, title I, Sec. 101, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat.
241; Pub. L. 89-110, Sec. 15, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 445.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Civil Rights Act of 1960, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C),
is Pub. L. 86-449, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 86, as amended. Title III
of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 is classified generally to
subchapter II (Sec. 1974 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below
and Tables.
Rule 53(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to
in subsec. (e), is set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 85-315, Sept. 9,
1957, 71 Stat. 634, as amended, which enacted sections 1975 to
1975e and 1995 of this title and section 295-1 of former Title 5,
Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees,
amended this section and sections 1343 and 1861 of Title 28,
repealed section 1993 of this title, and enacted provisions set out
as a note under section 1975 of this title.
CODIFICATION
R.S. Sec. 2004 derived from act May 31, 1870, ch. 114, Sec. 1, 16
Stat. 140.
In subsec. (e), "section 3331 of title 5" was substituted for
"Revised Statutes, section 1757 (5 U.S.C. 16)" on authority of Pub.
L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first
section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Section was formerly classified to section 31 of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality.
AMENDMENTS
1965 - Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 89-110, Sec. 15(a), struck out
"Federal" before "election" wherever appearing.
Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 89-110, Sec. 15(b), redesignated
subsecs. (g) and (h) as (f) and (g), respectively, and repealed
former subsec. (f) which defined "Federal elections".
1964 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-352, Sec. 101(a), designated
existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-352, Sec. 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.
Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 88-352, Sec. 101(c), added subsec. (f)
and redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 88-352, Sec. 101(d), added subsec. (h).
1960 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-449, Sec. 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, and authorized
commencement of the proceeding against the State where an official
has resigned or has been relieved of his office and no successor
has assumed such office.
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 86-449, Sec. 601(a), added subsec. (e)
and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).
1957 - Pub. L. 85-315, Sec. 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).
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