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title: "52 U.S.C. § 20509"
description: "Designation of chief State election official"
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title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
chapter_number: "205"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION"
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citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20509"
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# 52 U.S.C. § 20509 - Designation of chief State election official

## Text

Each State shall designate a State officer or employee as the chief State election official to be responsible for coordination of State responsibilities under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103–31, § 10, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 87.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg–8 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.