42 U.S.C. § 1973f

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Cited in 9 cases, 1966–2012 · leading case: Shelby Cnty., Ala. v. Holder, 679 F.3d 848 (D.C. Cir. 2012).
Shelby Cnty., Ala. v. Holder, 679 F.3d 848 (D.C. Cir. 2012). · cites it 4× “109-478, at 44, amounting to 622 separate dispatches (most or all involving multiple observers) to covered jurisdictions, Evidence of Continued Need 180-82; see also 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2) (authorizing dispatch of federal observers to covered jurisdictions based upon either…”
United States v. State of Louisiana, 265 F. Supp. 703 (E.D. La. 1966). · cites it 6× “The observer shall be under the same duty to preserve the secrecy of the ballot as are the commissioners.”
United States v. Berks Cnty., Pennsylvania, 277 F. Supp. 2d 570 (E.D. Pa. 2003). · cites it 4× “§ 1973a(a), may assign federal observers pursuant to Section 8 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973f. 40. Federal observers have the authority to enter and attend any place where elections are administered, in accordance with Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.”
Shelby Cnty. Ala. v. Holder, 811 F. Supp. 2d 424 (D.D.C. 2011). · cites it 2× “§ 1973b(a), while Section 8 authorizes the Attorney General to send federal observers to enter polling places and monitor elections in covered jurisdictions when “necessary to enforce the guarantees of the 14th or 15th amendment,” 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2); see also H.R.Rep.”
Nw. Austin Mun. Util. Dist. No. One v. Mukasey, 573 F. Supp. 2d 221 (D.D.C. 2008). · cites it 2× “42 U.S.C. § 1973f. To determine which jurisdictions would be covered, Congress adopted a formula that utilized two proxies for discrimination.”
United States v. Berks Cnty., Pa., 250 F. Supp. 2d 525 (E.D. Pa. 2003). “§ 1973a, to enter and observe election procedures and ballot tabulation pursuant to Section 8 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973f; and that Department of Justice personnel, including attorneys and staff members, shall be permitted into the polling places for the purpose…”
Sanchez v. State of Colo., 861 F. Supp. 1516 (D. Colo. 1994). “The extent to which members of a protected class have been elected to office in the State or political subdivision is one circumstance which may be considered: Provided, That nothing in this section establishes a right to have members of a protected class elected in numbers…”
Nw. Austin Mun. Util. Dist. One v. Mukasey, 557 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C. 2008). · cites it 2× “42 U.S.C. § 1973f. To determine which jurisdictions would be covered, Congress adopted a formula that utilized two proxies for discrimination.”
Shelby Cnty., Alabama v. Holder (D.D.C. 2011). “§ 1973b(a), while Section 8 authorizes the Attorney General to send federal observers to enter polling places and monitor elections in covered jurisdictions when "necessary to enforce the guarantees of the 14th or 15th amendment," 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2); see also H.R. Rep.”
— 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(2) — 1 case
Sanchez v. State of Colo., 861 F. Supp. 1516 (D. Colo. 1994). “The extent to which members of a protected class have been elected to office in the State or political subdivision is one circumstance which may be considered: Provided, That nothing in this section establishes a right to have members of a protected class elected in numbers…”
— 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2) — 3 cases
Shelby Cnty., Ala. v. Holder, 679 F.3d 848 (D.C. Cir. 2012). “109-478, at 44, amounting to 622 separate dispatches (most or all involving multiple observers) to covered jurisdictions, Evidence of Continued Need 180-82; see also 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2) (authorizing dispatch of federal observers to covered jurisdictions based upon either…”
Shelby Cnty. Ala. v. Holder, 811 F. Supp. 2d 424 (D.D.C. 2011). “§ 1973b(a), while Section 8 authorizes the Attorney General to send federal observers to enter polling places and monitor elections in covered jurisdictions when “necessary to enforce the guarantees of the 14th or 15th amendment,” 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2); see also H.R.Rep.”
Shelby Cnty., Alabama v. Holder (D.D.C. 2011). “§ 1973b(a), while Section 8 authorizes the Attorney General to send federal observers to enter polling places and monitor elections in covered jurisdictions when "necessary to enforce the guarantees of the 14th or 15th amendment," 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2); see also H.R. Rep.”
— 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2)(B) — 1 case
Shelby Cnty., Ala. v. Holder, 679 F.3d 848 (D.C. Cir. 2012). “109-478, at 44, amounting to 622 separate dispatches (most or all involving multiple observers) to covered jurisdictions, Evidence of Continued Need 180-82; see also 42 U.S.C. § 1973f(a)(2) (authorizing dispatch of federal observers to covered jurisdictions based upon either…”
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