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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Servicemember Voting Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a state, upon request by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter&nbsp;who simultaneously&nbsp;applies for voter&nbsp;registration and an absentee ballot, to provide absentee ballots for subsequent elections through the next general election for federal office.</p>]]></text>
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