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[CITE: 42USC2000f]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 21--CIVIL RIGHTS
 
           SUBCHAPTER VII--REGISTRATION AND VOTING STATISTICS
 
Sec. 2000f. Survey for compilation of registration and voting 
        statistics; geographical areas; scope; application of census 
        provisions; voluntary disclosure; advising of right not to 
        furnish information
        
    The Secretary of Commerce shall promptly conduct a survey to compile 
registration and voting statistics in such geographic areas as may be 
recommended by the Commission on Civil Rights. Such a survey and 
compilation shall, to the extent recommended by the Commission on Civil 
Rights, only include a count of persons of voting age by race, color, 
and national origin, and determination of the extent to which such 
persons are registered to vote, and have voted in any statewide primary 
or general election in which the Members of the United States House of 
Representatives are nominated or elected, since January 1, 1960. Such 
information shall also be collected and compiled in connection with the 
Nineteenth Decennial Census, and at such other times as the Congress may 
prescribe. 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 this subchapter: Provided, however, 
That no person shall be compelled to disclose his race, color, national 
origin, or questioned about his political party affiliation, how he 
voted, or the reasons therefore, nor shall any penalty be imposed for 
his failure or refusal to make such disclosure. Every person 
interrogated orally, by written survey or questionnaire or by any other 
means with respect to such information shall be fully advised with 
respect to his right to fail or refuse to furnish such information.

(Pub. L. 88-352, title VIII, Sec. 801, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 266.)
