Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes a bill that would have removed the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots in Kansas elections.

 

The measure – known as Senate Bill 4 – would have amended a bill passed in 2017 that was meant to address delays in the U.S. Postal Service in processing mail that might have caused ballots to arrive late.

 

In explaining her veto of the bill, Kelly stated that the purpose of the original law was to ensure voters in rural areas would be secure in the knowledge that their vote would be counted. The governor went on the say that Senate Bill 4 would cause confusion among county election officials because ti would require them to update policies regarding the handling of mail-in ballots.

 

Kelly concluded by stating that she refused to sign a bill that would – in her words – deprive Kansans from having their vote counted.