§ 21084. Minimum requirements

Statutory text

The requirements established by this subchapter are minimum requirements and nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent a State from establishing election technology and administration requirements that are more strict than the requirements established under this subchapter so long as such State requirements are not inconsistent with the Federal requirements under this subchapter or any law described in section 21145 of this title.

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.

2002
Help America Vote Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–252 title III § 305 · 116 Stat. 1666
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 21084
Pub. L. 107–252, title III, § 305, formerly § 304, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1714
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–252, title III, § 305, formerly § 304, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1714
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 305. METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION LEFT TO DISCRETION OF STATE. The specific choices on the methods of complying with the requirements of this title shall be left to the discretion of the State.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 107–252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1704, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15484 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 305 of Pub. L. 107–252 was renumbered section 306 and is classified to section 21085 of this title.

Credits

2002–2024 · 2 acts

2002Pub. L. 107–252, title III, § 305, formerly § 304, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1714
2024renumbered § 305, Pub. L. 118–106, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 4, 2024, 138 Stat. 1591.

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(Pub. L. 107–252, title III, § 305, formerly § 304, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1714; renumbered § 305, Pub. L. 118–106, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 4, 2024, 138 Stat. 1591.)