---
kind: "section"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20103"
title: "52"
title_heading: "Voting and Elections"
number: "20103"
heading: "Selection of registration facilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/52/20103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration"
  - "Chapter 201 — Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped"
---

# §20103. Selection of registration facilities

- (a) Each [State](/usc/52/20107.md?p=5) or political subdivision responsible for registration for [Federal elections](/usc/52/20107.md?p=3) shall provide a reasonable number of [accessible](/usc/52/20107.md?p=1) permanent registration facilities.
- (b) [Subsection (a)](#a) does not apply to any [State](/usc/52/20107.md?p=5) that has in effect a system that provides an opportunity for each potential voter to register by mail or at the residence of such voter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–435, § 4, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1679.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1973ee–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after Dec. 31, 1985, see section 9 of Pub. L. 98–435, set out as a note under section 20101 of this title.