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type: "LegalText"
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title: "52 U.S.C. § 10702"
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description: "“State” defined"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 52
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title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
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chapter_number: "107"
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chapter_name: "RIGHT TO VOTE AT AGE EIGHTEEN"
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section: "10702"
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citation: "52 U.S.C. § 10702"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s10702"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml"
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source_hash: "9692aaa3f52fcaaf53a5d146e578a84852e1750b9f53155d1d9dfb60eb0875a6"
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text_hash: "6c804adda53b9db8ee067927ad7e080d5eb9af44d7fb824cef15acc463385103"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code", "elections"]
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---
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# 52 U.S.C. § 10702 - “State” defined
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## Text
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As used in this chapter, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia.
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(Pub. L. 89–110, title III, § 302, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 318; amended Pub. L. 94–73, title IV, § 407, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 405.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973bb–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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Amendments1975—Pub. L. 94–73 substituted definition of State for provisions prohibiting denial of right to vote because of age.
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