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.
When Bill Clinton signed the 1993 Motor Voter bill, mandating states to offer on- the-spot voter registration at various government agencies, Republicans in California and several other states sought to undermine the new law by withholding critical funding and, later, by seeking court injunctions against its implementation.