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States embrace election reforms ahead of midterm elections - Washington Examiner

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed NJ S4142 into law, eliminating controversial county line ballots.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that phases out Utah ’s universal-voting-by-mail system, expanding voter ID requirements.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Besar vetoed an election reform bill, drawing criticism from state legislators.

Kansas Republicans used their supermajority in the state legislature to override their Democratic governor’s veto of legislation that narrowed the time period in which ballots are accepted.

The new law moves the deadline for counting mail-in ballots to 7 p.m. on Election night .

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed 20 election bills into law on March 25 , including several designed to keep illegal immigrants from voting.

The governor also vetoed a bill that tightened restrictions on local election officials’ ability to cancel a voter’s registration.

Only information provided by the Virginia Department of Elections or another state agency approved by the State Board of Elections could result in a voter being purged from the rolls.

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