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52 U.S.C. § 20104 — Registration and voting aids

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52 U.S.C. § 20104 — Registration and voting aids

**(a) Printed instructions; telecommunications devices for the deaf** Each State shall make available registration and voting aids for Federal elections for handicapped and elderly individuals, including— (1) instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each permanent registration facility and each polling place; and (2) information by telecommunications devices for the deaf. **(b) Medical certification** No notarization or medical certification shall be required of a handicapped voter with respect to an absentee ballot or an application for such ballot, except that medical certification may be required when the certification establishes eligibility, under State law— (1) to automatically receive an application or a ballot on a continuing basis; or (2) to apply for an absentee ballot after the deadline has passed. **(c) Notice of availability of aids** The chief election officer of each State shall provide public notice, calculated to reach elderly and handicapped voters, of the availability of aids under this section, assistance under [section 10508 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section10508&num=0&edition=prelim), and the procedures for voting by absentee ballot, not later than general public notice of registration and voting is provided.

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52 U.S.C. § 20101 — Congressional declaration of purpose

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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52 U.S.C. § 10508 — Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate persons

Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union.

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42 U.S.C. § 1973ee–3 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 1973ee–3 was editorially reclassified as [section 20104 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20104&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.

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52 U.S.C. § 20104 — Registration and voting aids

Page 27 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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