Executive Orders

Executive Order 12642--Designation of the Secretary of Defense as the Presidential designee under title I of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12642 of June 8, 1988, appear at 53 FR 21975, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 575, unless otherwise noted.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section 101(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410) ("the Act"), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. The Secretary of Defense is hereby designated as the "Presidential designee" under Title I of the Act.

Sec. 2. In order to effectuate the purposes of the Act, the Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to delegate any or all of the functions, responsibilities, powers, authority, or discretion devolving upon him in consequence of this Order to any person or persons within the Department of Defense.