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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1542"
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description: "Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 48
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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chapter_number: "12"
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chapter_name: "VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954]"
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section: "1542"
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citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1542"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1542 - Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited
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## Text
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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.
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(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.
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(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 4, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 91–460, Oct. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 978.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1970—Pub. L. 91–460 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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