Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-102
§20706 “officer of Election” Defined
Title 52 › Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration › CHAPTER 207 — FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS › § 20706
Summary
An "officer of election" is anyone acting under federal, state, commonwealth, or local law who handles tasks tied to voting, like registration or poll-tax steps, in elections for President, Vice President, electors, members of Congress, or Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner.
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Title 52, §20706
Voting and Elections, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
As used in this chapter, the term “officer of election” means any person who, under color of any Federal, State, Commonwealth, or local law, statute, ordinance, regulation, authority, custom, or usage, performs or is authorized to perform any function, duty, or task in connection with any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in any general, special, or primary election at which votes are cast for candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1974e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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52 U.S.C. § 20706
Title 52, Voting and Elections
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102