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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Voter Registration Promotion Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Office of the Postmaster General to modify any hard copy change of address form used by the U.S. Postal Service so that the form contains a reminder that any individual using such form should update his or her voter registration.</p>]]></text>
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