1 For the record, the smell will usually be sour -- a truly bad smell is what you're looking (or not looking) for. 2  For the record, just because your beef doesn't smell doesn't mean it's safe to eat -- it means it's not rotten.
In 2015, Oregon became the first state to pass an automatic voter registration bill. California followed suit later that year. In April 2016, West Virginia and Vermont passed automatic voter registration bills. New Jersey came close in 2015, but Republican Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the bill.
Fourteen states installed new restrictive voting laws, which have historically targeted minorities, before the 2016 election, including in Wisconsin and Ohio. And this general election was the first since the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 that required federal approval on any state election law. Neil Albrecht, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said voter identification laws hurt turnout in the cityâs high-poverty districts this month, noting that 41,000 fewer people voted there in 2016 than in 2012.