Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-102
§10102 Interference with Freedom of Elections
Title 52 › Subtitle I — Voting Rights › CHAPTER 101 — GENERALLY › § 10102
Summary
Army, Navy, and Air Force officers must not set who can vote or interfere with elections or people's right to vote in states.
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Title 52, §10102
Voting and Elections, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No officer of the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the United States shall prescribe or fix, or attempt to prescribe or fix, by proclamation, order, or otherwise, the qualifications of voters in any State, or in any manner interfere with the freedom of any election in any State, or with the exercise of the free right of suffrage in any State.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1972 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 32 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. R.S. § 2003 derived from act Feb. 25, 1865, ch. 52, § 1, 13 Stat. 437. Air Force inserted to conform to act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 207(a), (f), 61 Stat. 502, which established a separate Department of the Air Force, and Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(10)],
July 22, 1949, which transferred certain functions to the Air Force. section 207(a), (f) of act
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52 U.S.C. § 10102
Title 52, Voting and Elections
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102