52 U.S.C. § 20705 — Jurisdiction to compel production of

Page 50 TITLE 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS § 20703 Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1974a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20703. Demand for records or papers by Attor- ney General or representative; statement of basis and purpose Any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved shall, upon demand in writing by the Attorney Gen- eral or his representative directed to the person having custody, possession, or control of such record or paper, be made available for inspec- tion, reproduction, and copying at the principal office of such custodian by the Attorney General or his representative. This demand shall contain a statement of the basis and the purpose there- for. (Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 303, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1974b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20704. Disclosure of records or papers Unless otherwise ordered by a court of the United States, neither the Attorney General nor any employee of the Department of Justice, nor any other representative of the Attorney Gen- eral, shall disclose any record or paper produced pursuant to this chapter, or any reproduction or copy, except to Congress and any committee thereof, governmental agencies, and in the pres- entation of any case or proceeding before any court or grand jury. (Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 304, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1974c of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20705. Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers The United States district court for the dis- trict in which a demand is made pursuant to section 20703 of this title, or in which a record or paper so demanded is located, shall have juris- diction by appropriate process to compel the production of such record or paper. (Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 305, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1974d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20706. ‘‘Officer of election’’ defined As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘officer of election’’ means any person who, under color of any Federal, State, Commonwealth, or local law, statute, ordinance, regulation, authority, custom, or usage, performs or is authorized to perform any function, duty, or task in connec- tion with any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in any general, special, or primary election at which votes are cast for candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elec- tor, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 306, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1974e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. CHAPTER 209—ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT SUBCHAPTER I—PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACEMENT OF PUNCH CARD AND LEVER VOTING MACHINES Sec. 20901. Payments to States for activities to improve administration of elections. 20902. Replacement of punch card or lever voting machines. 20903. Guaranteed minimum payment amount. 20904. Authorization of appropriations. 20905. Administration of programs. 20906. Effective date. SUBCHAPTER II—COMMISSION PART A—ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL ORGANIZATION SUBPART 1—ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 20921. Establishment. 20922. Duties. 20923. Membership and appointment. 20924. Staff. 20925. Powers. 20926. Dissemination of information. 20927. Annual report. 20928. Requiring majority approval for actions. 20929. Limitation on rulemaking authority. 20930. Authorization of appropriations. SUBPART 2—ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION STANDARDS BOARD AND BOARD OF ADVISORS 20941. Establishment. 20942. Duties. 20943. Membership of Standards Board. 20944. Membership of Board of Advisors. 20945. Powers of Boards; no compensation for serv- ice. 20946. Status of Boards and members for purposes of claims against Board. SUBPART 3—TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 20961. Technical Guidelines Development Com- mittee. 20962. Process for adoption. PART B—TESTING, CERTIFICATION, DECERTIFICATION, AND RECERTIFICATION OF VOTING SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 20971. Certification and testing of voting systems.