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Title 52 — Voting and Elections

Chapter 209 — Election Administration Improvement

§ 21111. Actions by the Attorney General for declaratory and injunctive relief

Statutory text

The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any State or jurisdiction in an appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including a temporary restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order) as may be necessary to carry out the uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements under sections 21081, 21082, 21083, and 21083a of this title.

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.

  1. Help America Vote Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–252 title IV § 401 · 116 Stat. 1666

    Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 21111

    Pub. L. 107–252, title IV, § 401, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1715

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–252, title IV, § 401, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1715

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 401. ACTIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR DECLARATORYAND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any State or jurisdiction in an appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including a temporary restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order) as may be necessary to carry out the uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements undersections 301, 302, and 303.

  2. Pub. L. 118–106 § 2(b) · 138 Stat. 1593

    Substituted · 52 U.S.C. § 21111

    Pub. L. 118–106 substituted “21083, and 21083a” for “and 21083”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–106 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 118–106 substituted “21083, and 21083a” for “and 21083”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15511 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–106 substituted “21083, and 21083a” for “and 21083”.

Credits

2002–2024 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–252, title IV, § 401, , 116 Stat. 1715
  2. 2024Pub. L. 118–106, § 2(b), , 138 Stat. 1593.
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(Pub. L. 107–252, title IV, § 401, , 116 Stat. 1715; Pub. L. 118–106, § 2(b), , 138 Stat. 1593.)

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