2016 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 1 - Election of Senators and Representatives
Sec. 6 - Reduction of representation

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Citation 2 U.S.C. § 6 (2016)
Section Name §6. Reduction of representation
Section Text

Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment to the Constitution, article 14, section 2, except for participation in the rebellion or other crime, the number of Representatives apportioned to such State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall have to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

Source Credit

(R.S. §22.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §22 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §6, 17 Stat. 29.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 6 - Reduction of representation
Contains section 6
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 17 Stat. 29
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