2012 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 12 - 1954 (§§ 1541 - 1645)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1541 - 1546)
Section 1542 - Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 12 - 1954 SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1542 - Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited |
| Contains | section 1542 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §4, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 91-460, Oct. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 978. |
| Statutes at Large References | 68 Stat. 498 84 Stat. 978 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-460 |
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(a) The franchise shall be vested in residents of the Virgin Islands who are citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age or over. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by the legislature: Provided, however, That no property, language, or income qualification shall ever be imposed upon or required of any voter, nor shall any discrimination in qualification be made or based upon difference in race, color, sex, or religious belief.
(b) The legislature shall have authority to enact legislation establishing the voting age for residents of the Virgin Islands at an age not lower than eighteen years of age, if a majority of the qualified voters in the Virgin Islands approve in a referendum election held for that purpose.
(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §4, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 91–460, Oct. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 978.)
Amendments1970—Pub. L. 91–460 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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