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title: "52 U.S.C. § 21102"
description: "Process for adoption"
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title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
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chapter_name: "ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT"
section: "21102"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 21102"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 52 U.S.C. § 21102 - Process for adoption

## Text

The adoption of the voluntary guidance under this part shall be carried out by the Commission in a manner that provides for each of the following:

(1) Publication of notice of the proposed recommendations in the Federal Register.

(2) An opportunity for public comment on the proposed recommendations.

(3) An opportunity for a public hearing on the record.

(4) Publication of the final recommendations in the Federal Register.

(Pub. L. 107–252, title III, § 312, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1715.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15502 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.