39 USC § 3406 - Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

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title: "39 USC § 3406 - Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3406"
section_name: "Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "ARMED FORCES AND FREE POSTAGE"
part_number: "IV"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–410, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 928.)"
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# § 3406. Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

**(a)** Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (individually or in bulk)—

**(1)** shall be carried expeditiously and free of postage; and

**(2)** may be mailed at a post office established outside the United States under section 406 of this title, unless such mailing is prohibited by treaty or other international agreement of the United States.

**(b)** As used in this section, the term “balloting materials” has the meaning given that term in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–410, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 928.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to in text, is , , , which was formerly classified principally to subchapter I–G (§ 1973ff et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering in Title 52, Voting and Elections, and is now classified principally to chapter 203 (§ 20301 et seq.) of Title 52. Section 107 of the Act is now classified to . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after , see , set out as a note under , Voting and Elections.