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Voting Reform Bills Passed By State Legislation Monday And Other Proposed Reforms

authorStaff Writer on Jan 17, 2019
Legislation already approved includes: Early voting (A.780, S.1102) would allow eligible voters to vote nine days before any election. The bill requires polling locations to be open for eight hours... more

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