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federal review of ballot-envelope designs, and state participation through a centralized Federal Ballot Mail Portal. Ballots that fail to comply with the new requirements—or that are not linked to an approved state-submitted voter list—could be flagged or rejected before they ever reach local election officials.
For decades, local election officials were responsible for determining voter eligibility, maintaining voter rolls, designing ballot packets, and overseeing election administration within their jurisdictions. The U.S. Postal Service’s role was largely limited to delivering the mail.
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