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Title 52 — Voting and Elections

Part D · Chapter 209 — Election Administration Improvement

§ 21005. Process for development and filing of plan; publication by Commission

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The chief State election official shall develop the State plan under this part through a committee of appropriate individuals, including the chief election officials of the two most populous jurisdictions within the States, other local election officials, stake holders (including representatives of groups of individuals with disabilities), and other citizens, appointed for such purpose by the chief State election official.

(b)

Publication of plan by Commission

After receiving the State plan of a State under this part, the Commission shall cause to have the plan posted on the Commission’s website with a notice published in the Federal Register.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Help America Vote Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–252 title II § 255 · 116 Stat. 1666

    Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 21005

    Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 255, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1697

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 255, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1697

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 255. PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FILING OF PLAN; PUBLICATION BY COMMISSION. (a) In General.— The chief State election official shall develop the State plan under this subtitle through a committee of appropriate individuals, including the chief election officials of the two most populous jurisdictions within the States, other local election officials, stake holders (including representatives of groups of individuals with disabilities), and other citizens, appointed for such purpose by the chief State election official. (b) Publication of Plan by Commission.— After receiving the State plan of a State under this subtitle, the Commission shall cause to have the plan published in the Federal Register.

  2. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 div. C title VI § 622(1) · 125 Stat. 926

    Inserted · 52 U.S.C. § 21005(b)

    Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “posted on the Commission’s website with a notice” after “cause to have the plan”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “posted on the Commission’s website with a notice” after “cause to have the plan”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) inserting in section 255(b) (42 U.S.C. 15405) “posted on the Commission’s website with a notice” after “cause to have the plan”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15405 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2011—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “posted on the Commission’s website with a notice” after “cause to have the plan”.

Credits

2002–2011 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 255, , 116 Stat. 1697
  2. 2011Pub. L. 112–74, div. C, title VI, § 622(1), , 125 Stat. 926.
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(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 255, , 116 Stat. 1697; Pub. L. 112–74, div. C, title VI, § 622(1), , 125 Stat. 926.)

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