---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2556.105"
title: "45"
number: "2556.105"
heading: "Which entities are prohibited from being VISTA sponsors?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2556.105"
---

# §2556.105. Which entities are prohibited from being VISTA sponsors?

- (a) An entity is prohibited from being a VISTA sponsor or from otherwise receiving VISTA assistance if a principal purpose or activity of the entity includes any of the following:
  - (1) **Electoral activities.** Any activity designed to influence the outcome of elections to any public office, such as actively campaigning for or against, or supporting, candidates for public office; raising, soliciting, or collecting funds for candidates for public office; or preparing, distributing, providing funds for campaign literature for candidates, including leaflets, pamphlets, and material designed for print or electronic media.
  - (2) **Voter registration activities.** Any voter registration activity, such as providing transportation of individuals to voter registration sites; providing assistance to individuals in the process of registering to vote, including determinations of eligibility; or disseminating official voter registration material.
  - (3) **Transportation to the polls.** Providing voters or prospective voters with transportation to the polls or raising, soliciting, or collecting funds for such activities.
- (b) Any organization that, subsequent to the receipt of VISTA assistance, makes as one of its principal purposes or activities any of the activities described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is subject to the procedures in [§§ 2556.125 through 2556.145](/cfr/45/2556.125..2556.145.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4951-4953; 5 CFR part 734, 42 U.S.C. 4953(a), (f), 4954(b), (e), 4955(b), 4956, 5043(a)-(c), 5044(a)-(c), (e), 5046, 5052, 5056, and 5057; 42 U.S.C. 12651b (g)(10); 42 U.S.C. 12651c(c); E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 2156, 42 U.S.C. 4954(a), (b), (d), 4955, 5044(e), 5055, and 5059; 42 U.S.C. 12602(c), 42 U.S.C. 4953(b), (c), (f), and 5044(e).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 31180, May 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.