A Senate committee on Monday signed off on a bill barring county election officials from mailing out unsolicited ballot applications to voters.
Supporters said the bill was an attempt to keep local election officials from spending money to send out prepopulated ballot applications they see as unnecessary.
Opponents see it as an attempt to make voting harder while limiting local election officials' ability to address capacity issues at the polling place.
The bill came in response to the Johnson County election commissioner spending about $130,000 to . . .
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