Title 52 of the
United States Code
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(52 U.S.C.), entitled "Voting and Elections", is a
codification of the "general and permanent" voting and election laws of the
United States federal government
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. It was adopted as a result of "editorial reclassification" efforts of the
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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of the
United States House of Representatives
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and was not enacted as
positive law
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.
OLRC
accessed 12-17-2014
See also
*Emoluments Clause (disambiguation) Emoluments Clause may refer to the following clauses in the United States Constitution:
* Ineligibility Clause, Article I, Section 6, Clause 2, also called the Incompatibility Clause, affecting members of Congress
* Foreign Emoluments Clause, Ar ...
References
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External links
52 U.S.C.
Legal Information Institute
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United States election law
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