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 PUBLIC LAW 95-593—NOV. 4, 1978

92 STAT. 2537

by priority airmail or by the most expedited postal service available. " (3) Any balloting material sent to the United States by any person meeting the requirements in section 3 of this Act shall be returned by priority airmail or by the most expedited service available, wherever practicable. Such material may be mailed from any Armed Forces post office in an overseas area established as provided in section 406 of title 39, United States Code, unless otherwise prohibited by any treaty or other agreement between the United States and a foreign country. In the case of ballots executed outside the United States by any person, such ballots may be segregated from other forms of mail and placed in special bags marked with special tags printed and distributed by the Postmaster General for this purpose, "(c) Official postcards, ballots, voting instructions, and envelopes, whether transmitted individually or in bulk, shall be free of postage, including airmail postage, when sent from the United States in the United States mails.". SEC. 5. Section 9 of the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1973dd-5), as so redesignated in section 4(1), is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " before "Nothing"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The exercise of any right to register or vote in Federal elections by any citizen outside the United States shall not affect the determination of his place of residence or domicile for purposes of any tax imposed under Federal, State, or local law.". SEC. 6. The Overseas Citizens Voting Eights Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1973dd et seq.), as amended in section 4, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 11. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 42 USC sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.". 1973dd-6. SEC. 7. Section 101 of the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1973cc) is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " before "The"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) Each State shall enable every citizen in the following categories who is absent from the place of his voting residence to register absentee and to vote by absentee ballot in any Federal election, as defined in section 2(1) of the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 1973dd(l)), held in his election district or precinct if he is otherwise eligijale to vote in that election: "(1) Members of the Armed Forces while in the active service, and their sponges and dependents. "(2) Members of the Merchant Marine of the United States, and their spouses and dependents. The rights granted in this section shall be supplemental to the voting rights presently enjoyed by these citizens under other Federal and State laws.". SEC. 8. Section 202 of the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1973cc-12) is amended by inserting after "voting procedures," the following: "any provision under such State's law requir-

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