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.
For more information on why states should implement automatic voter registration, see the recently released report, The Case for Automatic, Permanent Voter Registration. This report urges adoption of the four components of a permanent registration system, with automatic registration as its central plank.