Same-Day processing The United States Postal Service shall ensure, to the maximum extent practical, that election mail is processed and cleared from any postal facility or post office on the same day it is received at such a facility or post office. 4. Application of Help America Vote Act of 2002 to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (a) Application to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Section 901 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21141 ) is amended by striking and the United States Virgin Islands and inserting the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . (b) Conforming amendments Such Act is further amended as follows: (1) The second sentence of section 213(a)(2) ( 52 U.S.C. 20943(a)(2) ) is amended by striking and American Samoa and inserting American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . (2) Section 252(c)(2) ( 52 U.S.C. 21002(c)(2) ) is amended by striking or the United States Virgin Islands and inserting the United States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands .