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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1542. Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited
(a) The franchise shall be vested in residents of the Virgin
Islands who are citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of
age or over. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by the
legislature: Provided, however, That no property, language, or
income qualification shall ever be imposed upon or required of any
voter, nor shall any discrimination in qualification be made or
based upon difference in race, color, sex, or religious belief.
(b) The legislature shall have authority to enact legislation
establishing the voting age for residents of the Virgin Islands at
an age not lower than eighteen years of age, if a majority of the
qualified voters in the Virgin Islands approve in a referendum
election held for that purpose.
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