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52 U.S.C. 20302, state responsibilities for overseas ballots
Published by United States House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel on September 8, 2026.
The federal overseas-ballot statute. It requires ballots 45 days before the election. It does not name September 19.
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… <a name="substructure-location_a_8"></a> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(8) transmit a validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter-</p> <a name="substructure-location_a_8_A"></a> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(A) except as provided in subsection (g), in the case in which the request is received at least 45 days before an election for Federal office, not later than 45 days before the election; and</p> <a name="substructure-location_a_8_B"></a> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(B) in the case in which the request is received less than 45 days before an election for Federal office-</p> <a name="substructure-location_a_8_B_i"></a> <p class="statutory-body-3em">(i) in accordance with State law; and</p> <a name="substructure-location_a_8_B_ii"></a> <p class="statutory-body-3em">(ii) if practicable and as determined appropriate by the State, in a manner that expedites the transmission of such absentee ballot;</p> …
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