From today’s USA Today:
As the clock ticks towards the end of Alaska’s legislative session, a bipartisan elections reform bill that the state Senate State Affairs Committee advanced has run into significant obstacles.
Introduced by Republican state Rep. Sarah Vance, the legislation would allow the state to reduce its voter rolls quickly. After a substantial amendment, the bill was expanded to include three Republican initiatives, one Democratic initiative, and four that originated in the Democrat-controlled Committee.
The substantial changes include allowing same-day voter registration, voting questioned ballots, and absentee voting within thirty days of Election Day. Other measures include a ballot curing method enabling voters to correct errors on mailed ballots after they were sent, non-witnessed absentee ballots, and provisions to protect ballots from voters with special needs from rejection due to delivery or poll worker errors.
The Republican National Convention has been coordinating with parties in battleground states to sue state governments and government officials. The biggest of the lawsuits involve efforts to change how absentee ballots are proce
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