Any person who, knowingly or intentionally, provides false information about his or her name, address or domicile in the electoral district in order to establish his or her eligibility to register or vote, or has conspired with another person to promote his or her false registration or illegal voting, or pays, offers or accepts payment or accepts payment for registration on the electoral roll or electors; is liable to a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment. not more than five years, or both: provided, however, that this provision applies only to general, special or primary elections held in whole or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential Elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States, delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam or the Virgin Islands or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. You can also ask your polling station what other options you have. The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age to 18 for all elections. (f) That the State or political subdivision and all governmental units within their territory have eliminated electoral procedures and methods that impede or dilute equal access to the electoral process; (ii) Have made constructive efforts to eliminate intimidation and harassment of persons exercising rights under chapters 103 to 107 of this title; and (iii) participated in other constructive efforts, such as expanding practical registration and voting opportunities for all persons of voting age and appointing minorities as election officers throughout the country and at all stages of the election and registration process. Each state received federal grants under HAVA to implement the requirements of the law and improve the administration of federal elections. To receive funds, each state had to create and maintain a plan on how federal funds would be used by the state. 1. The terms “vote” or “vote” include all measures necessary to make a vote effective in a primary, special or general election, including, but not limited to, registration, registration in accordance with this Chapter or other measures required by law, the conditions for voting, voting and the correct counting of such ballots, and the appropriate total number of votes: votes cast in respect of candidates for public or party office and proposals for which votes were cast. be received at an election. 2006 – Pub. L.
109–246 changed the article in general. Prior to the amendment, the wording of the article read as follows: “If an examiner works in a political subdivision in accordance with subchapters I-A to I-C of this chapter, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may, at the request of the Attorney General, assign one or more persons, who may be United States officials. (1) enter and participate in any place for the purpose of holding an election in that sub-district to determine whether qualified voters are entitled to vote, and (2) participate in any place to compile the votes cast at an election held in that sub-district in order to ascertain whether the votes cast by eligible electors are correctly recorded in tabular form. The persons so designated shall be the responsibility of an examiner appointed for that political subdivision, the Attorney General and, if the appointment of the examiners has been approved in accordance with section 1973a(a) of this title, the court. » One or more candidates in a federal primary No person, whether acting under the law or otherwise, may intimidate, threaten, coerce or attempt to intimidate, threaten or coerce another person in order to interfere with the right to vote or to vote at will, or to cause him to vote. or, at any general, special or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing such a candidate, not to vote for a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential Elector, member of the Senate or House of Representatives, delegates or commissioners of territories or possessions. Congress hereby notes that the imposition and enforcement of the permanent residency requirement as a condition for the election of the offices of President and Vice President and the absence of sufficient mail-in voting in presidential elections The provisions of paragraph (a) shall apply in any state or political subdivision of a state determined by (1) the Attorney General on November 1. 1964, any test or device for which (2) the Census Director determines that less than 50% of the residents of voting age were registered on November 1, 1964, or that less than 50% of those persons voted in the November 1964 presidential election. With effect from August 6, 1970, in addition to any State or political subdivision of a State designated as subsection (a) in accordance with the preceding sentence, the provisions of paragraph (a) shall apply in each State or political subdivision of a State which (i) shall be determined by the Attorney General on 1 November.
1968, any test or device in respect of which (ii) the Census Director determines that less than 50% of resident electors were registered on November 1, 1968, or that less than 50% of such persons voted in the November 1968 presidential election. With effect from 6 August 1975, in addition to any State or political subdivision of a State referred to in paragraph (a) in accordance with the two preceding sentences, the provisions of paragraph (a) shall apply in any State or political subdivision of a State which (i) the Attorney General designates, on 1 November 1972, any test or apparatus, (ii) the Census Director finds that less than 50 per cent of citizens of voting age were registered on 1 November 1972, or Less than 50% of these people participated in the presidential election of November 1972. (2) to count and participate in the votes cast at an election held in such a sub-district in order to ascertain whether the votes cast by eligible electors are correctly detabulated. Congress hereby directs the Registrar of the Census to expeditiously conduct a survey to compile registration and election statistics: (i) in any state or political subdivision to which the prohibitions in Section 10303(a) of this title apply, for each national general election for members of the United States House of Representatives after January 1, 1974; and (ii) in any state or political subdivision for any election determined by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. These surveys include only a census of citizens of voting age, race or colour, and national origin and a determination of the extent to which these persons are registered to vote and have participated in the elections studied. (1) The Congress notes that electoral discrimination against citizens of linguistic minorities is pervasive and national. These minority citizens come from backgrounds where the predominant language is a language other than English. In addition, they have been denied equal educational opportunities by state and local governments, resulting in severe disabilities and persistent illiteracy in English. The Congress further notes that when state officials and local authorities hold elections in English only, speaking minority citizens do not have the right to participate in the electoral process. In many parts of the country, this exclusion is exacerbated by physical, economic and political intimidation. Congress declares that in order to uphold the guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, it is necessary to eliminate this discrimination by prohibiting only English elections and by prescribing other remedies. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited discrimination against electors on the basis of race, colour or membership of a linguistic minority.
It also required certain organizations to provide optional documents in languages other than English. Point (b). Bar. L. 94-73, § 202, inserted provisions which, with effect from 6 August 1975, in addition to any State or political subdivision of a State classified as subsection (a) in accordance with the two preceding sentences, the provisions of paragraph (a) shall apply in each State or political subdivision of a State determined by the Attorney General on 1 November. 1972, any test or device in which the Census Director determines that less than 50% of citizens of voting age were registered on November 1, 1972, or that less than 50% of these persons voted in the November 1972 presidential election.