No officer of the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the United States shall prescribe or fix, or attempt to prescribe or fix, by proclamation, order, or otherwise, the qualifications of voters in any State, or in any manner interfere with the freedom of any election in any State, or with the exercise of the free right of suffrage in any State.
(R.S. § 2003.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 1972 of Title 42section 32 of Title 8Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to , Aliens and Nationality.
act Feb. 25, 1865, ch. 52, § 1 13 Stat. 437 R.S. § 2003 derived from , .
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 207(a) 61 Stat. 502 act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53 70A Stat. 641 Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 70A Stat. 1 Air Force inserted to conform to , (f), , which established a separate Department of the Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(10)], , which transferred certain functions to the Air Force. Section 207(a), (f) of act , was repealed by , . , , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces”, which in sections 8010 to 8013 continued Department of the Air Force under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Air Force.