Ensuring ability of absent uniformed services voters serving at diplomatic and consular posts to receive and transmit balloting materials
52 U.S.C. 20301In carrying out the Secretary’s duties as the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( et seq.), the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary, feasible, and practical to ensure that a uniformed services voter under such Act who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of the United States is able to receive and transmit balloting materials in the same manner and with the same rights and protections as a uniformed services voter under such Act who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a military installation.
Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after .
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1086134 Stat. 3877 (, , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 99–410100 Stat. 924 The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, and not as part of title I of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act which comprises this chapter.