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PUBLIC LAW 296-AUG. 9, 19 55

[69 S T A T.

(c) Upon the other side of the card there shall be printed in red type the following: F I L L OUT BOTH SIDES O F THE CARD (Name) F R E E OF U. S. Postage Including Air Mail

(Unit, Gov. Agency, or Ofllce) (Mil. Base, Station, Ship or Office) '~Tst7eeFNo.APO,~or"FPb~lfo.~)"~' (CitY,~PostarZone7"s"tate)^

OF F I C I A L ELECTION BALLOTING MATERIAL—VIA AIR MAIL

To: (Title of Election Official) (County or Township) _ „ _ _ _ ^ _ _ „ ^ _ _ _ _ „ _ _ _ _

Me^\)er *^°? c^?J ^^^' ^^^' "^^^^ previously authorized Federal post card form shall be gress. utilized prior to and in connection with the election for Members of Congress next ensuing after the date of enactment of this Act, and the Presidential designee shall initiate action to make such forms available to departments and agencies having a need therefor. Thereafter only the post card form authorized in this Act shall be utilized. TITLE III DEFINITIONS AND M I S C E L L A N E O U S PROVISIONS

37 USC 231.

S E C 301. As used in this Act— (1) The term "Armed Forces" means the uniformed services as defined in section 102 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 804), as amended. (2) The term "members of the merchant marine of the United States" means persons (other than members of the Armed Forces) employed as officers or members of crews of vessels documented under the laws of the United States, or of vessels owned by the United States, or of vessels of foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the United States, and persons (other than members of the Armed Forces) enrolled with the United States for employment, or for training for employment, or maintained by the United States for emergency relief service, as officers or members of crews of any such vessels; but does not include persons so employed, or enrolled for such employment or for training for such employment, or maintained for such emergency relief service, on the Great Lakes or the Inland waterways. (3) The term "dependent" means any person who is in fact a dependent. S E C 302. Official post cards, ballots, voting instructions, and envelopes referred to in this Act, whether transmitted individually or in bulk, shall be free of postage, including air-mail postage, in the United States mails. S E C 303. Every individual concerned with the administration of this Act shall take all necessary steps to prevent fraud, to protect voters against coercion of any sort, and to safeguard the integrity and secrecy of ballots cast.

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