State Assembly approves election reform bills package
The state Assembly passed a package of election reform bills in a late-night session Thursday, including a bill that would provide limited exemptions from the 2011 Voter ID Law.
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The state Assembly passed a package of election reform bills in a late-night session Thursday, including a bill that would provide limited exemptions from the 2011 Voter ID Law.
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At the Sept. 5 Board of Regents meeting, Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos, R- Burlington, posed a question:
At the Sept. 5 Board of Regents meeting, Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos, R- Burlington, posed a question:
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