The state Legislature approved a package of voting and election law reforms Monday, receiving applause from legal groups that supported the reforms ahead of this year’s legislative session.

It was also the first time in eight years that a Democrat presided over a meeting of the State Senate Judiciary Committee, whose members approved two resolutions that would allow voters to decide whether the state constitution should be changed to enact same-day voter registration and no-excuse absentee voting.

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