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48 U.S.C. § 1542

Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited

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(a) The franchise shall be vested in residents of the Virgin Islands who are citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age or over. Additional qualifications may be prescribed by the legislature: Provided, however, That no property, language, or income qualification shall ever be imposed upon or required of any voter, nor shall any discrimination in qualification be made or based upon difference in race, color, sex, or religious belief.(b) The legislature shall have authority to enact legislation establishing the voting age for residents of the Virgin Islands at an age not lower than eighteen years of age, if a majority of the qualified voters in the Virgin Islands approve in a referendum election held for that purpose.(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 4, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 91–460, Oct. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 978.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–460 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1955–2020 · leading case: Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020).
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Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020). · cites it 2× “§555a(c) (Cable Communications; Limitation of Franchising Authority Liability)  48 U. S. C. §1542 (a) (Virgin Islands; Voting Franchise; Discrimination Prohibited)  48 U.”
Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith, 349 U.S. 1 (1955). · cites it 2× “r Puerto Rico, taken in connection with the other provisions of an organic act establishing, as in Puerto Rico, an organized territorial government in accordance with the American system, with legislative, executive and judicial powers, confers (with the exceptions specifically…”
Euwema v. Todman, 323 F. Supp. 167 (D.V.I. 1971). “The Supervisor of Elections will be directed to certify this result to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.”
Todd Hecht v. Canegata (D.V.I. 2020). “356, 370 (1886)); 48 U.S.C. § 1542 (a) (“The franchise shall be vested in residents of the Virgin Islands who are citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age or over.”
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