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§3406 Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Title 39 › Part PART IV— - MAIL MATTER › Chapter CHAPTER 34— - ARMED FORCES AND FREE POSTAGE › § 3406
Summary
Balloting materials must be sent quickly and without postage, and may be mailed from an overseas post office under section 406 unless a treaty or international agreement forbids it; "balloting materials" is defined in section 107.
Full Legal Text
Title 39, §3406
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(a)Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (individually or in bulk)—
(1)shall be carried expeditiously and free of postage; and
(2)may be mailed at a post office established outside the United States under section 406 of this title, unless such mailing is prohibited by treaty or other international agreement of the United States.
(b)As used in this section, the term “balloting materials” has the meaning given that term in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99–410, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 924, which was formerly classified principally to subchapter I–G (§ 1973ff et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering in Title 52, Voting and Elections, and is now classified principally to chapter 203 (§ 20301 et seq.) of Title 52. section 107 of the Act is now classified to section 20310 of Title 52. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after Dec. 31, 1987, see section 204 of Pub. L. 99–410, set out as a note under section 20301 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.
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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 3406
Title 39 — Postal Service
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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