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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                      RESOLUTION NO. 49
                             102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                             INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MORSE.
    5355H.01I                                                       DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk



          WHEREAS, after the November 2020 presidential election, public confidence in the
 2 accuracy of the vote count was low; and
 3
 4        WHEREAS, in some states a final count of votes took many weeks; and
 5
 6        WHEREAS, each state regulates federal elections using vastly different rules
 7 involving voter eligibility, voter registration, voter identification, early voting, absentee
 8 voting, deadlines for voting, types of ballots and voting machines, and rules for vote
 9 counting; and
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11        WHEREAS, uniform federal election laws would encourage faith in election results:
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13        NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
14 Representatives of the One Hundred Second General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
15 Senate concurring therein, hereby urge Congress to enact standardized voting rules and
16 procedures for all federal offices; and
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18        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
19 Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for House
20 Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the members of the
21 Missouri Congressional delegation.
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