The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill eliminating the three-day grace period for late-arriving mail ballots that lawmakers of both parties overwhelmingly adopted in 2017.

Starting next year, the three-day grace period for returning mail-in ballots will no longer be in effect. On Tuesday, the Kansas State House and Senate voted to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that mandates that voters must return their ballots by 7:00 p.

Kansas lawmakers have overridden the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 4. SB 4 eliminates the three-day grace period for counting mail ballots sent before the election deadline. Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the legislation Monday,