2015 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections (Sections 10101 - 30146)
Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration (Sections 20101 - 21145)
Chapter 201 - Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped (Sections 20101 - 20107)
Sec. 20107 - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration CHAPTER 201 - VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED Sec. 20107 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 20107 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-435, §8, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 98 Stat. 1679 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 98-435 |
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As used in this chapter, the term—
(1) "accessible" means accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or registration, as determined under guidelines established by the chief election officer of the State involved;
(2) "elderly" means 65 years of age or older;
(3) "Federal election" means a general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(4) "handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent physical disability; and
(5) "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possesssion 1 of the United States.
(Pub. L. 98–435, §8, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 1973ee–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
1 So in original. Probably should be "possession".
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