52 USC § 20104 - Registration and voting aids

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s20104"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "52 USC § 20104 - Registration and voting aids"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "20104"
section_name: "Registration and voting aids"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–435, § 5, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)"
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# § 20104. Registration and voting aids

**(a)** **Printed instructions; telecommunications devices for the deaf** Each State shall make available registration and voting aids for Federal elections for handicapped and elderly individuals, including—

**(1)** instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each permanent registration facility and each polling place; and

**(2)** information by telecommunications devices for the deaf.

**(b)** **Medical certification** No notarization or medical certification shall be required of a handicapped voter with respect to an absentee ballot or an application for such ballot, except that medical certification may be required when the certification establishes eligibility, under State law—

**(1)** to automatically receive an application or a ballot on a continuing basis; or

**(2)** to apply for an absentee ballot after the deadline has passed.

**(c)** **Notice of availability of aids** section 10508 of this title

The chief election officer of each State shall provide public notice, calculated to reach elderly and handicapped voters, of the availability of aids under this section, assistance under , and the procedures for voting by absentee ballot, not later than general public notice of registration and voting is provided.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–435, § 5, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)

## 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

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