52 USC § 20107 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s20107"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "52 USC § 20107 - Definitions"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "20107"
section_name: "Definitions"
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, § 8, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)"
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# § 20107. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term—

**(1)** “accessible” means accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or registration, as determined under guidelines established by the chief election officer of the State involved;

**(2)** “elderly” means 65 years of age or older;

**(3)** “Federal election” means a general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

**(4)** “handicapped” means having a temporary or permanent physical disability; and

**1** “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possesssion [^1] of the United States.

So in original. Probably should be “possession”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–435, § 8, 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 .