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Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-102

§20921 Establishment

Title 52 › Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration › CHAPTER 209 — ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — COMMISSION › Part A — Establishment and General Organization › subpart 1 — election assistance commission › § 20921

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates an independent Election Assistance Commission whose members are chosen as described in this subpart. It also sets up the Election Assistance Commission Standards Board (including its Executive Board) and the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors under subpart 2, and the Technical Guidelines Development Committee under subpart 3.

Full Legal Text

Title 52, §20921

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There is hereby established as an independent entity the Election Assistance Commission (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Commission”), consisting of the members appointed under this subpart. Additionally, there is established the Election Assistance Commission Standards Board (including the Executive Board of such Board) and the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors under subpart 2 of this part (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Standards Board” and the “Board of Advisors”, respectively) and the Technical Guidelines Development Committee under subpart 3 of this part.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15321 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Reference

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Citation

52 U.S.C. § 20921

Title 52, Voting and Elections

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102