PUBLIC LAW 97-205—JUNE 29, 1982
96 STAT. 135
"VOTING ASSISTANCE
"SEC. 208. Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter's union.". SEC. 6. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved June 29, 1982.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3112 (S. 1992): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-227 and Pt. 2 (Comm. on the Judiciary). SENATE REPORT No. 97-417 accompanying S. 1992 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 127 (1981): Oct. 2, 5, considered and passed House. Vol. 128 (1982): June 9, 10, 14-17. S. 1992 considered in Senate. June 18, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1992. June 23, House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 18, No. 26 (1982): June 29, 1982, Presidential statement.
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