MCO 1742.1 - Voting Assistance Program

Scope

MCO 1742.1 is the base number for the Marine Corps Voting Assistance Program. The current revision is MCO 1742.1C, signed 2021-06-25. The order publishes policy, provides guidance, and assigns responsibility for implementing the program across the Marine Corps. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot.

Stated purpose

To publish policy, provide guidance, and assign responsibility for implementation of the Marine Corps Voting Assistance Program per references (a) through (g).

Quoted from the document's opening section. The repo evidence does not name references (a) through (g) beyond DoDI 1000.04.

Audience

• Commanders who appoint voting assistance officers and publish command voting policy.
• Unit Voting Assistance Officers (UVAOs) executing the program at unit level.
• S-1 and adjutant staff supporting inspection response for the Voting Assistance functional area.

Content scope

Repo evidence names no chapters or enclosures for this order. Portal coverage centers on commander appointment and policy duties, turnover verification, and the IGMC inspection posture for the Voting Assistance functional area.

Operative content

• Commanders appoint the UVAO in writing. Commander oversight matrix, sourced to this order.
• Commanders publish a written command voting assistance policy and SOP. Commander oversight matrix.
• Incoming commanders confirm the Voting Assistance Officer appointment during 30-day turnover actions, tracked against DoDI 1000.04 and IGMC functional area checklist 39.
• Voting Assistance is a CoRE functional area (FA 1742.1) in the IGMC inspection program, sponsored by M&RA (MF), with the current FA checklist effective 2025-05-15.

Connection to higher policy

• DoDI 1000.04. Parent DoD voting assistance instruction, named on the commander turnover page.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MARADMIN 554/03 issued Change 1 to MCO 1742.1A, then titled Voter Registration Program.
• MARADMIN 386/14 gave advance notification of Change 1 to MCO 1742.1B, Voting Assistance Program.
• IGMC Voting Assistance Program FA checklist (1742.1). Audit baseline in the portal's inspections library.

Status

Current revision MCO 1742.1C, signed 2021-06-25, listed as Current on MCPEL. The program name shifted from Voter Registration Program in the 1742.1A era to Voting Assistance Program by 1742.1B. The external link opens the official MCPEL landing page for the current version. Verify UVAO appointment mechanics against the FA checklist effective 2025-05-15 before citing.