52 USC § 10508 - Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate persons

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s10508"
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title: "52 USC § 10508 - Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate persons"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "10508"
section_name: "Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate persons"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 97–205, § 5, June 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 135.)"
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# § 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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 97–205, § 5, June 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 135.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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