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        <text>Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.</text>
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        <text>Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E869)</text>
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        <fullName>Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) permit local jurisdictions within a State to conduct early voting in elections for Federal office held in such jurisdictions; (2) require acceptance of absentee ballots without sufficient postage; (3) require ballots cast at incorrect polling places by eligible voters to be counted; and (4) provide notification of individuals whose names do not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the polling place to cast ballots at the correct polling place.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit local jurisdictions within a State to conduct early voting in elections for Federal office held in such jurisdictions, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit local jurisdictions within a State to conduct early voting in elections for Federal office held in such jurisdictions, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.</text>
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