42 U.S.C. § 15511
Section 15511 · Actions by the Attorney General for declaratory and injunctive relief
This is § 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Indiana Protection & Advocacy Services v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration (2010)
Most recently applied in 985 F. Supp. 2d 1229 - California Council of the Blind v. County of Alameda (October 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any State or jurisdiction in an appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including a temporary restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order) as may be necessary to carry out the uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements under sections 15481, 15482, and 15483 of this title.