52 USC § 10702 - “State” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s10702"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "52 USC § 10702 - “State” defined"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "10702"
section_name: "“State” defined"
chapter_number: 107
chapter_name: "RIGHT TO VOTE AT AGE EIGHTEEN"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–110, title III, § 302, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 318; amended Pub. L. 94–73, title IV, § 407, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 405.)"
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# § 10702. “State” defined

As used in this chapter, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–110, title III, § 302, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 318; amended Pub. L. 94–73, title IV, § 407, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 405.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

1975— substituted definition of State for provisions prohibiting denial of right to vote because of age.