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LegalText 52 U.S.C. § 20510 Civil enforcement and private right of action us united_states_code code_section 52 VOTING AND ELECTIONS 205 NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION 20510 52 U.S.C. § 20510 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/s20510 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml 2830eb1c32ed862d2058439930c8af06d7890c383d170865c2017cf37a10fe9d 5600bd7cd3d8c74d24829ef745020a0f713944161d1d371581a369704150a87a b8d0231e0f09d435ff15b8a82bc2b94e32659d6fb07a40693aad933bce69fef9 2026-07-04 official
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52 U.S.C. § 20510 - Civil enforcement and private right of action

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(a) Attorney General The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) Private right of action (1) A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may provide written notice of the violation to the chief election official of the State involved.

(2) If the violation is not corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under paragraph (1), or within 20 days after receipt of the notice if the violation occurred within 120 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved person may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.

(3) If the violation occurred within 30 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved person need not provide notice to the chief election official of the State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil action under paragraph (2).

(c) Attorneys fees In a civil action under this section, the court may allow the prevailing party (other than the United States) reasonable attorney fees, including litigation expenses, and costs.

(d) Relation to other laws (1) The rights and remedies established by this section are in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and neither the rights and remedies established by this section nor any other provision of this chapter shall supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.].

(2) Nothing in this chapter authorizes or requires conduct that is prohibited by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) [now 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 10331, § 11, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 88.)

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Editorial Notes

References in TextThe Voting Rights Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 89110, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 437, which is classified generally to chapters 103 (§ 10301 et seq.), 105 (§ 10501 et seq.), and 107 (§ 10701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg9 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.