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Joint Election Committee considers VOTES Act
After the pandemic changed the election process, a joint committee on elections held a public hearing on making some of those changes permanent. Mail-in ballots, safety protocols and new voting timelines proved successful in ensuring safety and increasing voter turnout, while ideas like same-day voter registration and voting rights for the incarcerated are gaining new traction.
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