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52 U.S.C. 10508: Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate personsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 52-VOTING AND ELECTIONSCHAPTER 105-SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
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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.

( Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 208 , as added Pub. L. 97–205, § 5 , June 29, 1982 , 96 Stat. 135 .)

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Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1973aa–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 97–205, § 5, June 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 134, provided that this section is effective Jan. 1, 1984.