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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Election Mail Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to treat election mail as first-class mail and deliver such mail without postage, establishes certain standards for mail-in ballots, and requires states to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by election day and arrive within 10 days after the election. </p>]]></text>
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