2018 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections
Subtitle I - Voting Rights
Chapter 101 - Generally
Sec. 10102 - Interference with freedom of elections

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Citation 52 U.S.C. § 10102 (2018)
Section Name §10102. Interference with freedom of elections
Section Text

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.

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(R.S. §2003.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 1972 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 32 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

R.S. §2003 derived from act Feb. 25, 1865, ch. 52, §1, 13 Stat. 437.

Air Force inserted to conform to act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §207(a), (f), 61 Stat. 502, which established a separate Department of the Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(10)], July 22, 1949, which transferred certain functions to the Air Force. Section 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641. Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 1, 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 I - Voting Rights
CHAPTER 101 - GENERALLY
Sec. 10102 - Interference with freedom of elections
Contains section 10102
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 13 Stat. 437
61 Stat. 502
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