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LegalText 52 U.S.C. § 20503 National procedures for voter registration for elections for Federal office us united_states_code code_section 52 VOTING AND ELECTIONS 205 NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION 20503 52 U.S.C. § 20503 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip /us/usc/t52/s20503 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml 5b947f81b576f25b762f3d44db6ded31eae01825482c7562d936f17ccbe8d931 5600bd7cd3d8c74d24829ef745020a0f713944161d1d371581a369704150a87a 5069d75c96c0ea2777db80698bcddbd245b7e9e63f17403504320387f6e2116c 2026-07-04 official
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52 U.S.C. § 20503 - National procedures for voter registration for elections for Federal office

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(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other Federal or State law, in addition to any other method of voter registration provided for under State law, each State shall establish procedures to register to vote in elections for Federal office—

(1) by application made simultaneously with an application for a motor vehicle drivers license pursuant to section 20504 of this title;

(2) by mail application pursuant to section 20505 of this title; and

(3) by application in person—

(A) at the appropriate registration site designated with respect to the residence of the applicant in accordance with State law; and

(B) at a Federal, State, or nongovernmental office designated under section 20506 of this title.

(b) Nonapplicability to certain States This chapter does not apply to a State described in either or both of the following paragraphs:

(1) A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after August 1, 1994, there is no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to an election for Federal office.

(2) A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after August 1, 1994, or that was enacted on or prior to August 1, 1994, and by its terms is to come into effect upon the enactment of this chapter, so long as that law remains in effect, all voters in the State may register to vote at the polling place at the time of voting in a general election for Federal office.

(Pub. L. 10331, § 4, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 10491, title I, § 101(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 11, amended Pub. L. 10499, title II, § 211, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 37.)

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Editorial Notes

References in TextUpon the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 10331, which was approved May 20, 1993.

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Amendment by Pub. L. 10491 is based on section 116(a) of H.R. 2076, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 6, 1995, which was enacted into law by Pub. L. 10491.

Amendments1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 10491, as amended by Pub. L. 10499, substituted “August 1, 1994” for “March 11, 1993” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 AmendmentSection 116(b) of H.R. 2076, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 6, 1995, and as enacted into law by Pub. L. 10491, title I, § 101(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 11, as amended by Pub. L. 10499, title II, § 211, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 37, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 [Pub. L. 10331, see Tables for classification].”