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type: "LegalText"
title: "52 U.S.C. § 20502"
description: "Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
chapter_number: "205"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION"
section: "20502"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20502"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code", "elections"]
---
# 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 drivers 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. 10331, § 3, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 77.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.