32 CFR § 233.1 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s233.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 233.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "233.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "233"
part_name: "FEDERAL VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (FVAP)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E.O. 12642; 10 U.S.C. 1566a; 52 U.S.C. 20506; 52 U.S.C. Ch. 203."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 57487, Sept. 18, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "233"
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# 233.1 Purpose.
This part:
(a) Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the FVAP in accordance with Executive Order 12642 and the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. Ch. 203.
(b) Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the development and implementation of installation voter assistance (IVA) offices in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1566a.
(c) Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the development and implementation, jointly with each State, of procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at recruitment offices of the Military Services in accordance with 52 U.S.C. 20506.
[77 FR 57487, Sept. 18, 2012, as amended at 84 FR 59722, Nov. 6, 2019]