A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that absentee ballots and certain other voting materials pertaining to absentee ballots may be mailed free of postage.

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Introduced

1 April 1981

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Executive Comment Received From Postal Service.

Summary

Authorizes any State or local government election agency to send free of postage: (1) absentee ballots; (2) voting instructions pertaining to such ballots; and (3) envelopes for returning ballots. Permits any person casting an absentee ballot to return it to the agency postage-free. Provides that this Act shall not apply to mail transmitted under the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 or the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/2974
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