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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9484" measure-id="id117hr9484" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-12-08" update-date="2022-12-23">
        <title>Election Mail Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr9484v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-12-23">
            <action-date>2022-12-08</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><strong>Election Mail Act</strong></p> <p>This bill addresses the delivery and processing of election mail. Among other provisions, the bill requires same-day processing of mail-in ballots by the U.S. Postal Service, establishes certain standards for mail-in ballots, and requires states to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by election day and arrive within seven days after the election.</p>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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