Sec. 5. Voting materials postage
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Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 3(a) and as amended by section 4(a), is further amended— by redesignating sections 326 and 327 as sections 327 and 328; and by inserting after section 325 the following new section: The appropriate State or local election official shall provide a self-sealing return envelope with— any voter registration application form transmitted to a registrant by mail; any application for an absentee ballot transmitted to an applicant by mail; and any blank absentee ballot transmitted to a voter by mail.
Consistent with regulations of the United States Postal Service, the State or the unit of local government responsible for the administration of the election involved shall prepay the postage on any envelope provided under subsection (a). Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the treatment of any ballot or balloting materials transmitted to an individual who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). .
The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 4(c), is amended— by redesignating the items relating to sections 326 and 327 as relating to sections 327 and 328; and by inserting after the item relating to section 325 the following new item: Sec. 326. Prepayment of postage on return envelopes for voting materials. . Chapter 34 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 3406 the following: Any voter registration application, absentee ballot application, or absentee ballot with respect to any election for Federal office shall be carried expeditiously, with postage on the return envelope prepaid by the State or unit of local government responsible for the administration of the election.
As used in this section— the term absentee ballot means any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406; and the term election for Federal office means a general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the treatment of any ballot or balloting materials transmitted to an individual who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). .
The table of sections for chapter 34 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3406 the following: 3407. Voting materials. .
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