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42 U.S.C. § 1973aa–1 — Transferred
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Section 1973aa–1 was editorially reclassified as [section 10502 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section10502&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1973aa–1 was editorially reclassified as [section 10502 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section10502&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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**(a) Congressional findings** The Congress hereby finds that the imposition and application of the durational residency requirement as a precondition to voting for the offices of President and Vice President, and the lack of sufficient opportunities for absentee registration and absentee balloting in presidential elections—
(1) denies or abridges the inherent constitutional right of citizens to vote for their President and Vice President;
(2) denies or abridges the inherent constitutional right of citizens to enjoy their free movement across State lines;
(3) denies or abridges the privileges and immunities guaranteed to the citizens of each State under article IV, section 2, clause 1, of the Constitution;
(4) in some instances has the impermissible purpose or effect of denying citizens the right to vote for such officers because of the way they may vote;
(5) has the effect of denying to citizens the equality of civil rights, and due process and equal protection of the laws that are guaranteed to them under the fourteenth amendment; and
(6) does not bear a reasonable relationship to any compelling State interest in the conduct of presidential elections.
**(b) Congressional declaration: durational residency requirement, abolishment; absentee registration and balloting standards, establishment** Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that in order to secure and protect the above-stated rights of citizens under the Constitution, to enable citizens to better obtain the enjoyment of such rights, and to enforce the guarantees of the fourteenth amendment, it is necessary (1) to completely abolish the durational residency requirement as a precondition to voting for President and Vice President, and (2) to establish nationwide, uniform standards relative to a
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