United States Code

52 U.S.C. § 10309

Termination of assignment of observers

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Bills that would change it 17

  • HR 9222 Drain the Swamp Act Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 2523 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 14 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 4 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 14 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 7905 Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 5746 Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 4 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 4 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Amends 10309(a)(1) · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 4 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 1799 Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 561 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 5785 Jobs and Justice Act of 2018 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 5297 To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 52, United States Code. Amends 10309(a) · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 3239 Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 2978 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • S 1419 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) In general The assignment of observers shall terminate in any political subdivision of any State— (1) with respect to observers appointed pursuant to section 10305 of this title or with respect to examiners certified under chapters 103 to 107 of this title before July 27, 2006, whenever the Attorney General notifies the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or whenever the District Court for the District of Columbia determines in an action for declaratory judgment brought by any political subdivision described in subsection (b), that there is no longer reasonable cause to believe that persons will be deprived of or denied the right to vote on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 10303(f)(2) of this title in such subdivision; and (2) with respect to observers appointed pursuant to section 10302(a) of this title, upon order of the authorizing court. (b) Political subdivision with majority of nonwhite persons registered A political subdivision referred to in subsection (a)(1) is one with respect to which the Director of the Census has determined that more than 50 per centum of the nonwhite persons of voting age residing therein are registered to vote. (c) Petition for termination A political subdivision may petition the Attorney General for a termination under subsection (a)(1).
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