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LegalText 52 U.S.C. § 10310 Enforcement proceedings us united_states_code code_section 52 VOTING AND ELECTIONS 103 ENFORCEMENT OF VOTING RIGHTS 10310 52 U.S.C. § 10310 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip /us/usc/t52/s10310 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml 66aa866eaa77e404a76d7b6ff74959d86a4de41ee7cee1f42857f0b35d0280b0 5600bd7cd3d8c74d24829ef745020a0f713944161d1d371581a369704150a87a 5837d46c21d872bc895104e1f55ce4190d63f64b0c21a0a04bbc8ed76fc0724c 2026-07-04 official
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52 U.S.C. § 10310 - Enforcement proceedings

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(a) Criminal contempt All cases of criminal contempt arising under the provisions of chapters 103 to 107 of this title shall be governed by section 1995 of title 42.

(b) Jurisdiction of courts for declaratory judgment, restraining orders, or temporary or permanent injunction No court other than the District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction to issue any declaratory judgment pursuant to section 10303 or 10304 of this title or any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction against the execution or enforcement of any provision of chapters 103 to 107 of this title or any action of any Federal officer or employee pursuant hereto.

(c) Definitions (1) The terms “vote” or “voting” shall include all action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or general election, including, but not limited to, registration, listing pursuant to this chapter, or other action required by law prerequisite to voting, casting a ballot, and having such ballot counted properly and included in the appropriate totals of votes cast with respect to candidates for public or party office and propositions for which votes are received in an election.

(2) The term “political subdivision” shall mean any county or parish, except that where registration for voting is not conducted under the supervision of a county or parish, the term shall include any other subdivision of a State which conducts registration for voting.

(3) The term “language minorities” or “language minority group” means persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish heritage.

(d) Subpenas In any action for a declaratory judgment brought pursuant to section 10303 or 10304 of this title, subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend the District Court for the District of Columbia may be served in any judicial district of the United States: Provided, That no writ of subpena shall issue for witnesses without the District of Columbia at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding court without the permission of the District Court for the District of Columbia being first had upon proper application and cause shown.

(e) Attorneys fees In any action or proceeding to enforce the voting guarantees of the fourteenth or fifteenth amendment, the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorneys fee, reasonable expert fees, and other reasonable litigation expenses as part of the costs.

(Pub. L. 89110, title I, § 14, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 445; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 91285, § 2, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 314; amended Pub. L. 9473, title II, § 207, title IV, § 402, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 402, 404; Pub. L. 109246, §§ 3(e)(3), 6, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 580, 581.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973l of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109246, § 3(e)(3), struck out “or a court of appeals in any proceeding under section 1973g of this title” after “District of Columbia”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109246, § 6, inserted “, reasonable expert fees, and other reasonable litigation expenses” after “reasonable attorneys fee”. 1975—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 9473, § 207, added par. (3). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 9473, § 402, added subsec. (e).