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36 U.S.C. § 90102Purposes

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-252 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 246 words · no verdicts yet

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This law sets the purposes of the Help America Vote Foundation. It places secondary school students as nonpartisan poll workers nationwide. It works with election officials and schools, and must stay strictly nonpartisan.

(a) In General. The foundation's purposes are to: (1) get secondary school students (including those schooled at home) across the United States to take part in elections, in a nonpartisan way, as poll workers or assistants — to the extent state law allows; (2) place secondary school students (including those schooled at home) as nonpartisan poll workers or assistants for local election officials at precinct polling places nationwide — to the extent state law allows; and (3) build cooperative efforts with state and local election officials, local school districts, secondary school superintendents and principals (public and private), and other tax-exempt nonprofit charitable and educational groups, to further the foundation's purposes. (b) Requiring Activities To Be Carried Out on Nonpartisan Basis. The foundation must carry out its purposes without partisan bias, and without pushing any particular view on any issue. It must make sure every participant in its activities is treated in a balanced way that reflects no partisan bias. (c) Consultation With State Election Officials. The foundation must carry out its purposes under this section by consulting with the top election officials of the states, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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(a)In General.—

The purposes of the foundation are to—

(1)

mobilize secondary school students (including students educated in the home) in the United States to participate in the election process in a nonpartisan manner as poll workers or assistants (to the extent permitted under applicable State law);

(2)

place secondary school students (including students educated in the home) as nonpartisan poll workers or assistants to local election officials in precinct polling places across the United States (to the extent permitted under applicable State law); and

(3)

establish cooperative efforts with State and local election officials, local educational agencies, superintendents and principals of public and private secondary schools, and other appropriate nonprofit charitable and educational organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such Code to further the purposes of the foundation.

(b)Requiring Activities To Be Carried Out on Nonpartisan Basis.—

The foundation shall carry out its purposes without partisan bias or without promoting any particular point of view regarding any issue, and shall ensure that each participant in its activities is governed in a balanced manner which does not reflect any partisan bias.

(c)Consultation With State Election Officials.—

The foundation shall carry out its purposes under this section in consultation with the chief election officials of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1718, § 152602; renumbered § 90102, Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-252 · 116 Stat. 1718
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-237 · 128 Stat. 2840

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-252 on 2002-10-29.

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