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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 150-APR. 1, 1944 the armed forces and civilians attached to and serving with the armed forces and entitled to vote thereunder. The Administrator of the War Shipping Administration shall be responsible for the admin- istration of this title with respect to members of the merchant marine of the United States entitled to vote thereunder. Congreo elec "(b) In each year in which a general election for Senators and Representatives in Congress is to be held, the Commission shall fur- nish well in advance of the election an adequate number of ballots, envelopes, and copies of instructions for voting procedure to the Secretaries of War and Navy and to the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration. "LISTS OF CANDIDATES "SEC. 306 . The secretary of state of each State shall furnish the Commission such information as the Commission shall request for compiling a list of candidates and their parties in any general election for President and Vice President or for Senators and Representatives in Congress. The Commission shall transmit to the Secretaries of War and Navy and the Administrator of the War Shipping Adminis- tration, at such times as it deems to be appropriate for balloting under this title, lists of candidates compiled from the information so received, even if incomplete. The Secretaries of War and Navy and the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration shall, in ample time for balloting under this title, transmit such lists to all units of the armed forces and to members of the merchant marine of the United States, to the extent that such transmission is practicable and compatible with military operations. Incomplete lists of can- didates so furnished, or failure to furnish such lists, shall be no bar to balloting under the provisions of this title. No list of candidates furnished under this title shall include information as to a candidate other than his name, address, party affiliation, and office for which nominated. " DISTRIBUTION AND COLLEOTION OF BALOTrs FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND OTHERS Duties oSecretaries of War and Navy. Duties of command- ing eficers. Posting of lists of candidates, etc. Secret ballotin "SEC. 307. (a) The Secretaries of War and Navy, insofar as practicable and compatible with military operations, shall cause bal- lots, envelopes, instructions for voting procedure and lists of can- didates, promptly after receipt thereof from the Commission, to be distributed to members of the armed forces and to civilians attached to and serving with the armed forces and entitled to vote under this title, who desire to vote under this title, and shall cause executed ballots to be collected and transmitted to the secretaries of state of the several States. "(b) Wherever practicable and compatible with military opera- tions, the appropriate commanding officer shall be required- "(1) to cause lists of candidates to be posted and otherwise made available at conspicuous and convenient places, and to cause copies of instructions for voting procedure and all other neces- sary information to be furnished to members of his unit and civilians attached to and serving with such unit and entitled to vote under this title; "(2) to use his best efforts to assure that every person in or attached to and serving with his unit, who is entitled and desires to vote under this title, has an opportunity to mark his ballot in secret before the latest date which should afford a reasonable opportunity for the return of executed ballots; 144 [58 STAT.

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