Kentucky in Defiance of the Trend sweeping the Nation of Republican Legislators in a number of States advancing New Voting Restrictions in the wake of the 2020 Elections, Kentucky's heavily Republican State House has almost Unanimously Voted to Approve a Bipartisan Compromise Bill that adopts several Provisions to Expand Voting Access along with some Limited New Voting Restrictions.

The Bill includes Measures to:

- Establish Three Days of In-Person Early Voting.

- Authorize Counties to Set-Up, Vote Centers, where Any Voter in the County may Cast their Ballot instead of just at Local Polling Places.

- Allow Absentee Ballot Drop-Boxes.

- Notify Voters and let them Fix Problems with their Absentee Ballot Signatures.

- Allow Voters to Request Absentee Ballots Online.

- Require routine Audits of Election Results.

- Mandate that New Voting Machines produce a Paper Trail Record.

- Ban Voters from Collecting and Submitting an Absentee Ballot on Behalf of another Voter, with Limited Exceptions for Family Members, Election Officials, and Postal Workers.

Kentucky has long been One of the Worst States Nationally for Voting Access Policies, but this Bill should make it overall Easier to Vote in the Bluegrass State, although it doesn't include another Measure that was Temporarily implemented in 2020 that Waived the Excuse Requirement to Vote Absentee.

More Positively, this latest Version of the Bill left Out a Provision that would have Purged Registered Voters from the Rolls if they Failed to Vote in Two Consecutive Election Cycles. This would have Violated the Voting Rights Act.










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