Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 201 — Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped
§ 20106. Relationship to Voting Rights Act of 1965
Statutory text
This chapter shall not be construed to impair any right guaranteed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.].
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 Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
Pub. L. 98–435 § 7 · 98 Stat. 1678
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 20106
(Pub. L. 98–435, § 7, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–435, § 7, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. relationship to voting rights act of 1965 This Act shall not be construed to impair any right 42 USC 1973ee–5. guaranteed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89–110, , 79 Stat. 437, which is classified generally to chapters 103 (§ 10301 et seq.), 105 (§ 10501 et seq.), and 107 (§ 10701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1973ee–5 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after , see section 9 of Pub. L. 98–435, set out as a note under section 20101 of this title.