Stein v. State Administrative Board of Election Laws

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

On June 22, 1970, the President of the United States approved and signed into law Public Law 91-285, 91st Cong., 2nd Sess., H.R. 4249, known as the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, 84 Stat. 314. Title III of that law, and particularly sections 301 and 302 thereof, provides that all persons of the age of 18 or over shall not, by reason of age, be denied the right to vote in any primary or in any election in this country. The effective date of that requirement is January 1, 1971. (See § 305).

The complete text of Title III reads as follows:

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