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 92 STAT. 2538

PUBLIC LAW 95-593—NOV. 4, 1978 ing the removal of the name of any person from such State's registration roll (for whatever reason), information related to the number of absentee voters in a State who are entitled to vote in Federal elections under this Act,". SEC. 9. Section 203 of the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1973CC-13) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out "Council of State Governments" and inserting in lieu thereof "government of the several States"; and (2) by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof, the following new paragraph: "(3) the Postmaster General and the heads of the departments and a^ncies concerned to facilitate the transmission of balloting materials to and from persons to whom this Act is applicable. Any balloting material sent from the United States to such persons shall be sent by priority airmail or by the most expedited postal service available. Any balloting material sent to the United States by such persons shall be returned by priority airmail or by the most expedited service available, wherever practicable. In the case of ballots executed outside the United States by any such person, such ballots may be segregated from other forms of mail and placed in special bags marked with special tags printed and distributed for this purpose.". SEC. 10. Section 204 of the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1973cc-14) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Presidential designee shall design, for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975, a single form of postcard application for registration to vote and for an absentee ballot. The Presidential designee is empowered to promulgate such form by regulation and upon adoption of such form, subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall have no effect.". SEC. 11. (a) Section 2401(c) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after "title" a comma and the following: "the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975,"; and (2) by striking out "Act" before the period and inserting in lieu thereof "Acts". (b) Section 3627 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "or under the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955" and inserting in lieu thereof "under the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955, or under the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975". / ^ (c) Section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e)(1) In the administration of this section, the rates for thirdclass mail matter mailed by a qualified political committee shall be the rates currently in effect under former section 4452 of this title for third-class mail matter mailed by a qualified nonprofit organization.

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