§ 6. — Reduction of representation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC6]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 1--ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 6. Reduction of representation
Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male
inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the
United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment to the
Constitution, article 14, section 2, except for participation in the
rebellion or other crime, the number of Representatives apportioned to
such State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such
male citizens shall have to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one
years of age in such State.
(R.S. Sec. 22.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 22 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, Sec. 6, 17 Stat.
29.