2021 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections
Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration
Chapter 203 - Registration and Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections for Federal Office
Sec. 20301a - Duties of Secretary under Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
| 52 U.S.C. § 20301a (2021) |
| §20301a. Duties of Secretary under Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act |
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(a) Ensuring ability of absent uniformed services voters serving at diplomatic and consular posts to receive and transmit balloting materials
In carrying out the Secretary's duties as the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.), the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary, feasible, and practical to ensure that a uniformed services voter under such Act who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of the United States is able to receive and transmit balloting materials in the same manner and with the same rights and protections as a uniformed services voter under such Act who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a military installation. (b) Effective dateThis section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2021. |
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(Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1086, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3877.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 99–410, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 924, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, and not as part of title I of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act which comprises this chapter. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
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| Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration CHAPTER 203 - REGISTRATION AND VOTING BY ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS AND OVERSEAS VOTERS IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE Sec. 20301a - Duties of Secretary under Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act |
| section 20301a |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 100 Stat. 924 134 Stat. 3877 |
| Public Law 99-410, Public Law 116-283 |
