Sec. 3. Election mail
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Any ballot in an election for public office sent in the United States mails shall be categorized, handled, and delivered as first-class mail by the United States Postal Service. It shall be the policy of the United States Postal Service to postmark, which shall include any imprinted indicia from the Postal Service that indicates the date of receipt, all election mail processed by the Postal Service. The United States Postal Service shall ensure, to the maximum extent practical, that election mail is processed and cleared from any postal facility or post office on the same day it is received at such a facility or post office.