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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 4574 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase penalties for crimes against federally protected activities relati... · Sec. 206

Sec. 206. Ballot search and certification

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During the period beginning not later than 14 days before the date of a covered election and ending not earlier than 7 days after the last date on which the State accepts ballots cast in that covered election, the Postal Service shall conduct daily inspections for ballots in each Postal Service facility that processes Federal election mail in any Postal Service district in which the covered election is being held to ensure that each ballot scheduled to depart the facility that day has departed the facility.
Each day during a period described in subsection (a), the manager or supervisor in charge of a Postal Service facility described in that subsection shall certify in a record maintained by the Postal Service that each ballot scheduled to depart the facility that day has departed the facility.
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