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[CITE: 42USC1973ff-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
  SUBCHAPTER I-G--REGISTRATION AND VOTING BY ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES 
       VOTERS AND OVERSEAS VOTERS IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE
 
Sec. 1973ff-6. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter, the term--
        (1) ``absent uniformed services voter'' means--
            (A) a member of a uniformed service on active duty who, by 
        reason of such active duty, is absent from the place of 
        residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote;
            (B) a member of the merchant marine who, by reason of 
        service in the merchant marine, is absent from the place of 
        residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote; and
            (C) a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) who, by reason of the active duty or 
        service of the member, is absent from the place of residence 
        where the spouse or dependent is otherwise qualified to vote;

        (2) ``balloting materials'' means official post card forms 
    (prescribed under section 1973ff of this title), Federal write-in 
    absentee ballots (prescribed under section 1973ff-2 of this title), 
    and any State balloting materials that, as determined by the 
    Presidential designee, are essential to the carrying out of this 
    subchapter;
        (3) ``Federal office'' means the office of President or Vice 
    President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or 
    Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
        (4) ``member of the merchant marine'' means an individual (other 
    than a member of a uniformed service or an individual employed, 
    enrolled, or maintained on the Great Lakes or the inland 
    waterways)--
            (A) employed as an officer or crew member of a vessel 
        documented under the laws of the United States, or a vessel 
        owned by the United States, or a vessel of foreign-flag registry 
        under charter to or control of the United States; or
            (B) enrolled with the United States for employment or 
        training for employment, or maintained by the United States for 
        emergency relief service, as an officer or crew member of any 
        such vessel;

        (5) ``overseas voter'' means--
            (A) an absent uniformed services voter who, by reason of 
        active duty or service is absent from the United States on the 
        date of the election involved;
            (B) a person who resides outside the United States and is 
        qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was 
        domiciled before leaving the United States; or
            (C) a person who resides outside the United States and (but 
        for such residence) would be qualified to vote in the last place 
        in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United 
        States.

        (6) ``State'' means a State of the United States, the District 
    of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 
    Islands, and American Samoa;
        (7) ``uniformed services'' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
    Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public 
    Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic 
    and Atmospheric Administration; and
        (8) ``United States'', where used in the territorial sense, 
    means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
    of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

(Pub. L. 99-410, title I, Sec. 107, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 927.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1973ff-2 of this title; title 
39 section 3406.
