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Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-110

§21002 Allocation of Funds

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

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year, a State's payment is found by multiplying the total money set aside that year for requirements payments by the State allocation percentage. The State allocation percentage is the State's voting-age population divided by the voting-age population of all States, using the most recent decennial census. No State or the District of Columbia can get less than one-half of 1 percent (0.5%) of that total. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands each get at least one-tenth of 1 percent (0.1%). The administrator must reduce payments across the board if needed to meet those minimums. Once a State receives the money, it does not expire at the end of the fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 52, §21002

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(a)In general
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)
(2)the State allocation percentage for the State (as determined under subsection (b)).
(b)State allocation percentage defined
The “State allocation percentage” for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— (1)
(2)the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census).
(c)Minimum amount of payment
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)Pro rata reductions
The Administrator 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)Continuing availability of funds after appropriation
A requirements payment made to a State under this subpart shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

52 U.S.C. § 21002

Title 52, Voting and Elections

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110