§21002 — Title 52 Voting and Elections | U.S. Code

§21002 Allocation of funds

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Voting Assistance and Election Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 209— - ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMMISSION › Part Part D— - Election Assistance › Subpart subpart 1— - requirements payments › § 21002

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives each State a yearly payment by multiplying the total money set aside that year by the State’s share. A State’s share is its voting-age population from the most recent census divided by the total voting-age population of all States. No State or the District of Columbia may get less than one-half of 1 percent of the total. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands must get at least one-tenth of 1 percent. If those minimums force changes, the Administrator must reduce the calculated payments proportionally so the rules are met. The money a State gets does not expire and can be used without a fiscal year time limit.

Title 52, §21002

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(a)Subject to subsection (c), the amount of a requirements payment made to a State for a year shall be equal to the product of—

(1)the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the year pursuant to the authorization under section 21007 of this title; and

(2)the State allocation percentage for the State (as determined under subsection (b)).

(b)The “State allocation percentage” for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of—

(1)the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and

(2)the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census).

(c)The amount of a requirements payment made to a State for a year may not be less than—

(1)in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the year under section 21007 of this title; or

(2)in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount.

(d)The Administrator 11 So in original. Probably should be “Commission”. shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under subsection (a) as are necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection (c).

(e)A requirements payment made to a State under this subpart shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15402 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§21002 Allocation of funds

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