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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CONNOLLY:H.R. 1512.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4[Page H2369]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2019 or the FAST Voting Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states to (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; or (3) implement automatic voter registration.</p>]]></text>
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