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 PUBLIC LAW 94-73—AUG. 6, 1975

89 STAT. 405

(3) by inserting immediately before the final sentence thereof the lollowing: "In the event the Attorney General affirmatively indicates that no objection will be made within the sixty-day period following receipt of a submission, the Attorney General may reserve the right to reexamine the submission if additional information comes to his attention during the remainder of the sixty-day period which would otherwise require objection in accordance with this section.". SEC. 406. Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as 42 USC redesignated 204 by section 302 of this Act, is amended by striking out 1973aa-2. "section 2282 of title 28" and inserting "section 2284 of title 28" in lieu thereof. SEC. 407. Title III of the Voting Eights Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows:

"TITLE III—EIGHTEEN-YEAE-OLD VOTING AGE "ENFORCEMENT or TWENTY-SIXTH AMENDMENT

"SEC. 301. (a)(1) The Attorney General is directed to institute, in the name of the United States, such actions against States or political subdivisions, including actions for injunctive relief, as he may determine to be necessary to implement the twenty-sixth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States. " (2) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings instituted under this title, which shall be heard and determined by a court of three judges in accordance with section 2284 of title 28 of the United States Code, and any appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court. It shall be the duty of the judges designated to hear the case to assign the case for hearing and determination thereof, and to cause the case to be in every way expedited. "(b) Whoever shall deny or attempt to deny any person of any right secured by the twenty-sixth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

42 USC 1973bb.

USC prec. title 1. Jurisdiction,

Penalty,

a DEFINITION

"SEC. 302. As used in this title, the term 'State' includes the District of Columbia.". SEC. 408. Section 10 of the Voting Eights Act of 1965 is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (d); (2) in subsection (b), by inserting "and section 2 of the twentyfourth amendment" immediately after "fifteenth amendment"; and (3) by striking out "and" the first time it appears in subsection (b), and inserting in lieu thereof a comma. SEC. 409. Section 11 of the Voting Eights Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e)(1) Whoever votes more than once in an election referred to in paragraph (2) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

42 USC 1973bb-l. 42 USC 1973h.

Penalty. 42 USC 1973i.

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