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title: "52 U.S.C. § 20502"
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title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
chapter_number: "205"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION"
section: "20502"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20502"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 52 U.S.C. § 20502 - Definitions

## Text

As used in this chapter—

(1) the term “election” has the meaning stated in section 30101(1) of this title;

(2) the term “Federal office” has the meaning stated in section 30101(3) of this title;

(3) the term “motor vehicle driver’s license” includes any personal identification document issued by a State motor vehicle authority;

(4) the term “State” means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia; and

(5) the term “voter registration agency” means an office designated under section 20506(a)(1) of this title to perform voter registration activities.

(Pub. L. 103–31, § 3, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 77.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.