§ 20701 Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation
§ 20702 Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties
§ 20703 Demand for records or papers by Attorney General or representative; statement of basis and purpose
§ 20704 Disclosure of records or papers
§ 20705 Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers
§ 20706 “Officer of election” defined

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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 52 > Subtitle II > Chapter 207 - Federal Election Records

  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • officer of election: means any person who, under color of any Federal, State, Commonwealth, or local law, statute, ordinance, regulation, authority, custom, or usage, performs or is authorized to perform any function, duty, or task in connection with any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in any general, special, or primary election at which votes are cast for candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See 52 USC 20706
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1