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Title 52 — Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-73not60

§10507 Survey to Compile Registration and Voting Statistics

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Voting Rights › Chapter 105— SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS › § 10507

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Census Director must immediately carry out a survey to collect registration and voting statistics. The survey must cover every State or local area where the prohibitions of section 10303(a) are in effect for every statewide general election for U.S. House members after January 1, 1974, and any election a United States Commission on Civil Rights names. The count may only include number of citizens of voting age, race or color, national origin, and whether those people are registered and voted. No one can be forced to give their race, color, national origin, political party, or how they voted, and they must be told they can refuse. The Census Director must report results to Congress as soon as possible, and the survey must follow the protections in section 9 and chapter 7 of title 13.

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Title 52, §10507

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(a)Congress hereby directs the Director of the Census forthwith to conduct a survey to compile registration and voting statistics: (i) in every State or political subdivision with respect to which the prohibitions of section 10303(a) of this title are in effect, for every statewide general election for Members of the United States House of Representatives after January 1, 1974; and (ii) in every State or political subdivision for any election designated by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Such surveys shall only include a count of citizens of voting age, race or color, and national origin, and a determination of the extent to which such persons are registered to vote and have voted in the elections surveyed.
(b)In any survey under subsection (a) of this section no person shall be compelled to disclose his race, color, national origin, political party affiliation, or how he voted (or the reasons therefor), nor shall any penalty be imposed for his failure or refusal to make such disclosures. Every person interrogated orally, by written survey or questionnaire, or by any other means with respect to such information shall be fully advised of his right to fail or refuse to furnish such information.
(c)The Director of the Census shall, at the earliest practicable time, report to the Congress the results of every survey conducted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(d)The provisions of section 9 and chapter 7 of title 13 shall apply to any survey, collection, or compilation of registration and voting statistics carried out under subsection (a) of this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973aa–5 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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52 U.S.C. § 10507

Title 52 — Voting and Elections

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60