§2000f Survey for Compilation of Registration and Voting Statistics; Geographical Areas; Scope; Application of Census Provisions; Voluntary Disclosure; Advising of Right Not to Furnish Information

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must quickly run a survey to gather counts of voter registration and voting in the areas the Commission on Civil Rights recommends. The survey should, as the Commission advises, count people of voting age by race, color, and national origin, and record how many are registered and how many voted in any statewide primary or general election for U.S. House members since January 1, 1960. The same data must be collected with the Nineteenth Decennial Census and whenever Congress requires. The rules in section 9 and chapter 7 of title 13 apply to these surveys. No one can be forced to give their race, color, national origin, political party, how they voted, or their reasons for voting, and no penalty may be imposed for refusing. Anyone asked must be told they may refuse to answer.