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On the recordJuly 20, 2004
I think it is appropriate to mention the only reason this really came to the forefront and has become an issue is because the Election Assistance Commission Chairman, DeForest Soaries, proposed a possibility of a policy for allowing the alteration of the schedule for Federal elections in the event of an unspecified emergency. He said maybe we should be looking at that possibility. I think it was never the intention of Congress or the administration or anybody else for the reasons that have been presented from both sides to ever alter our election schedule in the United States of America.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the potential alteration of the Federal election schedule due to emergencies.

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