2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 14 - WARTIME VOTING BY LAND AND NAVAL FORCES (§§ 301 - 355)
Section 301 to 303 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 14 - WARTIME VOTING BY LAND AND NAVAL FORCES
Secs. 301 to 303 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589
Containssections 301 to 303
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionrepealed
Statutes at Large References56 Stat. 753
57 Stat. 371
58 Stat. 136
69 Stat. 589
70 Stat. 641

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WARTIME VOTING BY LAND AND NAVAL FORCES - 50 U.S.C. § 301 (2012)
§§301 to 303. Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589

Section 301, acts Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title I, §1, 56 Stat. 753; July 1, 1943, ch. 187, §§1, 5, 57 Stat. 371, granted absentee members of land or naval forces of the United States the right to vote in Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Congressional elections. See section 1973ff et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Section 302, act Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title I, §2, 56 Stat. 753, exempted persons in military service in time of war from paying poll taxes or other taxes as a condition of voting in any election for President, Vice President, electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Member of the House of Representatives.

Section 303, acts Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, title I, §3, 56 Stat. 753; Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 136, provided for voting in accordance with State law.

Additional Repeal

Sections 301 to 303 were also repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70 Stat. 641.

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