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52 U.S.C. § 20103 — Selection of registration facilities
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**(a)** Each State or political subdivision responsible for registration for Federal elections shall provide a reasonable number of accessible permanent registration facilities.
**(b)** Subsection (a) does not apply to any State that has in effect a system that provides an opportunity for each potential voter to register by mail or at the residence of such voter.
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**(a)** Each State or political subdivision responsible for registration for Federal elections shall provide a reasonable number of accessible permanent registration facilities.
**(b)** Subsection (a) does not apply to any State that has in effect a system that provides an opportunity for each potential voter to register by mail or at the residence of such voter.
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It is the intention of Congress in enacting this chapter to promote the fundamental right to vote by improving access for handicapped and elderly individuals to registration facilities and polling places for Federal elections.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1973ee–2 was editorially reclassified as [section 20103 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20103&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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TITLE 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS
§ 20104
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 98–435, § 9, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1680, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] shall apply with
respect to elections taking place after December 31,
1985.’’
§ 20102. Selection of polling facilities
(a) Accessibility to all polling places as responsi-
bility of each political subdivision
Within each State, except as provided in sub-
section (b), each political subdivision respon-
sible for conducting elections shall assure that
all polling places for Federal elections are acces-
sible to handicapped and elderly voters.
(b) Exception
Subsection (a) shall not apply to a polling
place—
(1) in the case of an emergency, as deter-
mined by the chief election officer of the
State; or
(2) if the chief election officer of the State—
(A) determines that all potential polling
places have been surveyed and no such ac-
cessible place is available, nor is the polit-
ical subdivision able to make one tempo-
rarily accessible, in the area involved; and
(B) assures that any handicapped or elder-
ly voter assigned to an inaccessible polling
place, upon advance request of such voter
(pursuant to procedures established by the
chief election officer of the State)—
(i) will be assigned to an accessible poll-
ing place, or
(ii) will be provided with an alternative
means for casting a ballot on the day of
the election.
(c) Report to Federal Election Commission
(1) Not later than December 31 of each even-
numbered year, the chief election officer of each
State shall report to the Federal Election Com-
mission, in a manner to be determined by the
Commission, the number of accessible and inac-
cessible polling places in such State on the date
of the
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