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42 U.S.C. § 1973aa–1a — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 1973aa–1a was editorially reclassified as [section 10503 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section10503&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.

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52 U.S.C. § 10503 — Bilingual election requirements

**(a) Congressional findings and declaration of policy** The Congress finds that, through the use of various practices and procedures, citizens of language minorities have been effectively excluded from participation in the electoral process. Among other factors, the denial of the right to vote of such minority group citizens is ordinarily directly related to the unequal educational opportunities afforded them resulting in high illiteracy and low voting participation. The Congress declares that, in order to enforce the guarantees of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, it is necessary to eliminate such discrimination by prohibiting these practices, and by prescribing other remedial devices. **(b) Bilingual voting materials requirement** (1) **Generally** — Before August 6, 2032, no covered State or political subdivision shall provide voting materials only in the English language. (2) **Covered States and political subdivisions** (A) *Generally* — A State or political subdivision is a covered State or political subdivision for the purposes of this subsection if the Director of the Census determines, based on the 2010 American Community Survey census data and subsequent American Community Survey data in 5-year increments, or comparable census data, that— (i) (I) more than 5 percent of the citizens of voting age of such State or political subdivision are members of a single language minority and are limited-English proficient; (II) more than 10,000 of the citizens of voting age of such political subdivision are members of a single language minority and are limited-English proficient; or (III) in the case of a political subdivision that contains all or any part of an Indian reservation, more than 5 percen

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