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52 U.S.C. § 20986 — Study and report on free absentee ballot postage
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**(a) Study on the establishment of a free absentee ballot postage program**
(1) **In general** — The Commission, in consultation with the Postal Service, shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of the establishment of a program under which the Postal Service shall waive or otherwise reduce the amount of postage applicable with respect to absentee ballots submitted by voters in general elections for Federal office (other than balloting materials mailed under [section 3406 of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3406&num=0&edition=prelim)) that does not apply with respect to the postage required to send the absentee ballots to voters.
(2) **Public survey** — As part of the study conducted under paragraph (1), the Commission shall conduct a survey of potential beneficiaries under the program described in such paragraph, including the elderly and disabled, and shall take into account the results of such survey in determining the feasibility and advisability of establishing such a program.
**(b) Report**
(1) **Submission** — Not later than the date that is 1 year after October 29, 2002, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a)(1) together with recommendations for such legislative and administrative action as the Commission determines appropriate.
(2) **Costs** — The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain an estimate of the costs of establishing the program described in subsection (a)(1).
(3) **Implementation** — The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain an analysis of the feasibility of implementing the program described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to the absentee ballots to be submitted in the general election for Feder
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**(a) Study on the establishment of a free absentee ballot postage program**
(1) **In general** — The Commission, in consultation with the Postal Service, shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of the establishment of a program under which the Postal Service shall waive or otherwise reduce the amount of postage applicable with respect to absentee ballots submitted by voters in general elections for Federal office (other than balloting materials mailed under [section 3406 of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3406&num=0&edition=prelim)) that does not apply with respect to the postage required to send the absentee ballots to voters.
(2) **Public survey** — As part of the study conducted under paragraph (1), the Commission shall conduct a survey of potential beneficiaries under the program described in such paragraph, including the elderly and disabled, and shall take into account the results of such survey in determining the feasibility and advisability of establishing such a program.
**(b) Report**
(1) **Submission** — Not later than the date that is 1 year after October 29, 2002, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a)(1) together with recommendations for such legislative and administrative action as the Commission determines appropriate.
(2) **Costs** — The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain an estimate of the costs of establishing the program described in subsection (a)(1).
(3) **Implementation** — The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain an analysis of the feasibility of implementing the program described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to the absentee ballots to be submitted in the general election for Federal office held in 2004.
(4) **Recommendations regarding the elderly and disabled** — The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) include recommendations on ways that program described in subsection (a)(1) would target elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities; and
(B) identify methods to increase the number of such individuals who vote in elections for Federal office.
**(c) Postal Service defined** The term “Postal Service” means the United States Postal Service established under [section 201 of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section201&num=0&edition=prelim).
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There is established, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the United States Postal Service.
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**(a)** Balloting materials under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (individually or in bulk)—
(1) shall be carried expeditiously and free of postage; and
(2) may be mailed at a post office established outside the United States under [section 406 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section406&num=0&edition=prelim), unless such mailing is prohibited by treaty or other international agreement of the United States.
**(b)** As used in this section, the term “balloting materials” has the meaning given that term in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 15386 was editorially reclassified as [section 20986 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20986&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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TITLE 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS
§ 20985
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 15384 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
§ 20985. Study and report on electronic voting
and the electoral process
(a) Study
(1) In general
The Commission shall conduct a thorough
study of issues and challenges, specifically to
include the potential for election fraud, pre-
sented by incorporating communications and
Internet technologies in the Federal, State,
and local electoral process.
(2) Issues to be studied
The Commission may include in the study
conducted under paragraph (1) an examination
of—
(A) the appropriate security measures re-
quired and minimum standards for certifi-
cation of systems or technologies in order to
minimize the potential for fraud in voting or
in the registration of qualified citizens to
register and vote;
(B) the possible methods, such as Internet
or other communications technologies, that
may be utilized in the electoral process, in-
cluding the use of those technologies to reg-
ister voters and enable citizens to vote on-
line, and recommendations concerning stat-
utes and rules to be adopted in order to im-
plement an online or Internet system in the
electoral process;
(C) the impact that new communications
or Internet technology systems for use in
the electoral process could have on voter
participation rates, voter education, public
accessibility, potential external influences
during the elections process, voter privacy
and anonymity, and other issues related to
the conduct and administration of elections;
(D) whether other aspects of the electoral
process, such as public availability of can-
didate information and citizen com
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