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[CITE: 42USC1973aa-5]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I-B--SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1973aa-5. Survey to compile registration and voting 
        statistics
        

(a) Elections to House of Representatives and elections designated by 
        United States Commission on Civil Rights

    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 1973b(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) 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.

(Pub. L. 89-110, title II, Sec. 207, as added Pub. L. 94-73, title IV, 
Sec. 403, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 404.)
