Kansas Republicans hindered their own efforts to tighten mail-in voting restrictions after voicing concerns about the security of the state’s elections. Instead, Monday’s debate sparked intraparty division among Republicans, making it harder for their proposal to succeed.
State Republicans proposed a bill to shorten the grace period for turning in mail-in ballots by getting rid of the three additional days after polls close, the Associated Press reported. The Senate was prepared to take a final vote on the bill Tuesday before sending the proposal to the House, but during Monday’s debate, Republican senators expressed additional misgivings about election integrity.
The misgivings caused them to amend the legislation to include banning remote ballot drop boxes and, starting next year, ballot counting machines, saying they could be manipulated despite no significant
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