Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed legislation altering advance mail voting procedures.
The legislation in question, Senate Bill 4, seeks to remove the three-day grace period for receiving and counting advance mail ballots. The grace period was introduced as a bipartisan solution in 2017 in response to delivery delays and mail processing by the US Postal Service.
In a news release from her office Monday, Governor Kelly stated the goal of the grace period “Was to ensure that all Kansans had their votes counted, no matter where they lived.” She went on to say “Not only will removing the three-day grace period for mail ballots disenfranchise thousands of Kansas voters, but it also shows a lack of understanding of our elections in Kansas.”…