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[CITE: 42USC1973ee-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
  SUBCHAPTER I-F--VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED
 
Sec. 1973ee-1. Selection of polling facilities


(a) Accessibility to all polling places as responsibility of each 
        political subdivision

    Within each State, except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
section, each political subdivision responsible for conducting elections 
shall assure that all polling places for Federal elections are 
accessible to handicapped and elderly voters.

(b) Exception

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a polling place--
        (1) in the case of an emergency, as determined by the chief 
    election officer of the State; or
        (2) if the chief election officer of the State--
            (A) determines that all potential polling places have been 
        surveyed and no such accessible place is available, nor is the 
        political subdivision able to make one temporarily accessible, 
        in the area involved; and
            (B) assures that any handicapped or elderly voter assigned 
        to an inaccessible polling place, upon advance request of such 
        voter (pursuant to procedures established by the chief election 
        officer of the State)--
                (i) will be assigned to an accessible polling place, or
                (ii) will be provided with an alternative means for 
            casting a ballot on the day of the election.

(c) Report to Federal Election Commission

    (1) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the chief 
election officer of each State shall report to the Federal Election 
Commission, in a manner to be determined by the Commission, the number 
of accessible and inaccessible polling places in such State on the date 
of the preceding general Federal election, and the reasons for any 
instance of inaccessibility.
    (2) Not later than April 30 of each odd-numbered year, the Federal 
Election Commission shall compile the information reported under 
paragraph (1) and shall transmit that information to the Congress.
    (3) The provisions of this subsection shall only be effective for a 
period of 10 years beginning on September 28, 1984.

(Pub. L. 98-435, Sec. 3, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1678.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1973gg-4 of this title.
