Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-102
§10508 Voting Assistance for Blind, Disabled or Illiterate Persons
Title 52 › Subtitle I — Voting Rights › CHAPTER 105 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS › § 10508
Summary
A voter who is blind, has a disability, or cannot read or write can have someone help them mark or cast their ballot. The voter gets to choose the helper, but the helper cannot be the voter’s employer, the employer’s agent, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union.
Full Legal Text
Title 52, §10508
Voting and Elections, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1973aa–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 97–205, § 5, June 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 134, provided that this section is effective Jan. 1, 1984.
Reference
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Citation
52 U.S.C. § 10508
Title 52, Voting and Elections
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102