52 USC § 10507 - Survey to compile registration and voting statistics

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s10507"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "52 USC § 10507 - Survey to compile registration and voting statistics"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "10507"
section_name: "Survey to compile registration and voting statistics"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 207, as added Pub. L. 94–73, title IV, § 403, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 404.)"
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# § 10507. Survey to compile registration and voting statistics

**(a)** **Elections to House of Representatives and elections designated by United States Commission on Civil Rights** section 10303(a) of this titleJanuary 1, 1974

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  are in effect, for every statewide general election for Members of the United States House of Representatives after ; 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)** **Prohibition against compulsion to disclose personal data; advice of rights** 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)** **Report to Congress** 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)** **Confidentiality of information; penalties** 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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 207, as added Pub. L. 94–73, title IV, § 403, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 404.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.