{"identifier":"/us/usc/t52/s20310","title":52,"num":"\u00a7\u202f20310.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f20310.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter, the term\u2014\n(1) \u201cabsent uniformed services voter\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a member of a uniformed service on active duty who, by reason of such active duty, is absent from the place of residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote;\n(B) a member of the merchant marine who, by reason of service in the merchant marine, is absent from the place of residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote; and\n(C) a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) who, by reason of the active duty or service of the member, is absent from the place of residence where the spouse or dependent is otherwise qualified to vote;\n(2) \u201cballoting materials\u201d means official post card forms (prescribed under\nsection 20301 of this title\nsection 20303 of this title\n(3) \u201cFederal office\u201d means the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;\n(4) \u201cmember of the merchant marine\u201d means an individual (other than a member of a uniformed service or an individual employed, enrolled, or maintained on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways)\u2014\n(A) employed as an officer or crew member of a vessel documented under the laws of the United States, or a vessel owned by the United States, or a vessel of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States; or\n(B) enrolled with the United States for employment or training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as an officer or crew member of any such vessel;\n(5) \u201coverseas voter\u201d means\u2014\n(A) an absent uniformed services voter who, by reason of active duty or service is absent from the United States on the date of the election involved;\n(B) a person who resides outside the United States and is qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States; or\n(C) a person who resides outside the United States and (but for such residence) would be qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.\n(6) \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa;\n(7) \u201cuniformed services\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and\n(8) \u201cUnited States\u201d, where used in the territorial sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t52/s20310.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f20310."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter, the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cabsent uniformed services voter\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a member of a uniformed service on active duty who, by reason of such active duty, is absent from the place of residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a member of the merchant marine who, by reason of service in the merchant marine, is absent from the place of residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) who, by reason of the active duty or service of the member, is absent from the place of residence where the spouse or dependent is otherwise qualified to vote;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cballoting materials\u201d means official post card forms (prescribed under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 20301 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t52/s20301","tail":"), Federal write-in absentee ballots (prescribed under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 20303 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t52/s20303","tail":"), and any State balloting materials that, as determined by the Presidential designee, are essential to the carrying out of this chapter;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cFederal office\u201d means the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cmember of the merchant marine\u201d means an individual (other than a member of a uniformed service or an individual employed, enrolled, or maintained on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways)\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" employed as an officer or crew member of a vessel documented under the laws of the United States, or a vessel owned by the United States, or a vessel of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" enrolled with the United States for employment or training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as an officer or crew member of any such vessel;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201coverseas voter\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" an absent uniformed services voter who, by reason of active duty or service is absent from the United States on the date of the election involved;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a person who resides outside the United States and is qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/5/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a person who resides outside the United States and (but for such residence) would be qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cuniformed services\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t52/s20310/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cUnited States\u201d, where used in the territorial sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}