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        <fullName>Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Poll Tape Transparency Act of 2010 - Amends the Help America Vote Act with respect to the requirements for each voting system used in a federal election.</p> <p>Requires the appropriate election official, upon the closing of the polls at each polling place, and under the observation of the certified tabulation observers admitted to the polling place, to: (1) announce the vote orally; (2) post a copy of the poll tape reflecting the totals from each voting machine in the polling place upon which votes were cast; (3) prepare and post a statement of the total number of individuals who appeared at the polling place to cast ballots; and (4) display by noon the following day, at a prominent public location, a copy of each poll tape and statement.</p> <p>Requires display of such information also on the official public websites of the applicable local election official and chief state election official.</p> <p>Specifies similar treatment of ballots cast at early voting sites, absentee ballots, and the daily count of provisional ballots. </p>]]></text>
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