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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4044 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require State and local election officials to notify the chief State el... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Requirements for ballots delivered by mail

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Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ), as amended by section 2(a) , is amended— by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307; and by inserting after section 304 the following new section: Each State and local jurisdiction shall have in place policies to ensure that a voted ballot delivered by postal mail to the appropriate election official in an election for Federal office can be verified to have been delivered by the United States Postal Service by means of an appropriate postmark, signature, or other indication from the United States Postal Service.
This section shall not apply with respect to the ballot of an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are defined in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20310 )). This requirement shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2022 and each succeeding election for Federal office. . Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ), as amended by section 2(b) , is amended by striking 303, and 304 and inserting 303, 304, and 305 .
The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 2(c) , is amended— by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307; and by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following new item: Sec. 305. Requirements with respect to a ballot delivered by mail. .
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