Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 105 — Supplemental Provisions
§ 10501. Application of prohibition to other States; “test or device” defined
Statutory text
No citizen shall be denied, because of his failure to comply with any test or device, the right to vote in any Federal, State, or local election conducted in any State or political subdivision of a State.
As used in this section, the term “test or device” means any requirement that a person as a prerequisite for voting or registration for voting (1) demonstrate the ability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter, (2) demonstrate any educational achievement or his knowledge of any particular subject, (3) possess good moral character, or (4) prove his qualifications by the voucher of registered voters or members of any other class.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–110 title II § 201 · 79 Stat. 437
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 10501
Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 315
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 315Pub. L. 94–73 title I § 102 · 89 Stat. 400
Struck · 52 U.S.C. § 10501(a)
Pub. L. 94–73 struck out “Prior to August 6, 1975,” and “as to which the provisions of section 1973b(a) of this title are not in effect by reason of determinations made under section 1973b(b) of this title”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–73 struck out “Prior to August 6, 1975,” and “as to which the provisions of section 1973b(a) of this title are not in effect by reason of determinations made under section 1973b(b) of this title”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 102. Section 201(a) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is amended by— (1) striking out “Prior to August 6, 1975, no” and inserting “No” in lieu thereof; and (2) striking out “as to which the provisions of section 4(a) of this Act are not in effect by reason of determinations made under section 4(b) of this Act.” and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1973aa of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification to this title.
Amendments
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–73 struck out “Prior to ,” and “as to which the provisions of section 1973b(a) of this title are not in effect by reason of determinations made under section 1973b(b) of this title”.
Credits
1970–1975 · 2 acts
- 1970Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, , 84 Stat. 315
- 1975amended Pub. L. 94–73, title I, § 102, , 89 Stat. 400.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, , 84 Stat. 315; amended Pub. L. 94–73, title I, § 102, , 89 Stat. 400.)