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<title>Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2015</title>
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<action-date>2015-03-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate state or local election official.</p>]]></summary-text>
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