Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

52 U.S.C. § 10508

Voting assistance for blind, disabled or illiterate persons

Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union.

Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 208Pub. L. 97–205, § 596 Stat. 135 (, as added , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 1973aa–6 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 97–205, § 596 Stat. 134 , , , provided that this section is effective .