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[CITE: 42USC1973ee-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
  SUBCHAPTER I-F--VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED
 
Sec. 1973ee-6. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter, the term--
        (1) ``accessible'' means accessible to handicapped and elderly 
    individuals for the purpose of voting or registration, as determined 
    under guidelines established by the chief election officer of the 
    State involved;
        (2) ``elderly'' means 65 years of age or older;
        (3) ``Federal election'' means a general, special, primary, or 
    runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, or of 
    Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
    to, the Congress;
        (4) ``handicapped'' means having a temporary or permanent 
    physical disability; and
        (5) ``State'' means a State of the United States, the District 
    of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or 
    possesssion \1\ of the United States.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``possession''.
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(Pub. L. 98-435, Sec. 8, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)
