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One state lawmaker spent her summer vacation trying to round up support for a bill to allow people to vote absentee without giving a reason.
State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons is sponsoring the bill, which awaits a vote in a House committee she chairs.
Lyons didn’t call the bill for a vote in June saying she wanted to take the summer to talk with election officials and other lawmakers to iron out any wrinkles with the legislation.
The bill would require people to apply for an absentee ballot in person and show an ID, which Lyons says should ensure there won’t be voter fraud.
Lyons is also working with her counterpart in the Senate who’s said he won’t hold a hearing on the bill even if it passes the House.
Senator David Robertson fears the measure will dilute the importance of Election Day.
He says if people really want to vote than they should go to the polls.
