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10 U.S.C. § 1566a

Voting assistance: voter assistance offices

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 1566a, Voting assistance: voter assistance offices, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433493
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (f), the Secretaries of the military departments shall designate offices on installations under their jurisdiction, or at such installations as the Secretary of the military department concerned shall determine are best located to provide access to voter assistance services for all covered individuals in a particular location, to provide absent uniformed services voters, particularly those individuals described in subsection (b), and their family members with the following: The individuals described in this subsection are absent uniformed services voters who— The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (f) shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with military necessity, that the assistance provided under subsection (a) is provided to a covered individual described in subsection (b)— The Secretary of each military department, or the Presidential designee, shall take appropriate actions to inform absent uniformed services voters of the assistance available under subsection (a), including— In this section:

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