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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:H.R. 1655.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 4,Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.[Page H2160]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit a state from certifying the results of a regularly scheduled election for federal office until it has counted all valid ballots of absent servicemember voters collected by the presidential designee and delivered to the appropriate state election officials.</p> <p>Allows a state to certify such results on the later of ten days after such election or the date provided under state law.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act</title>
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        <title>To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to State election officials.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.</text>
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