Kyle Hughes of NYSNYS News reports in the Daily Freeman state Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk has put forward two bills addressing the collateral damage that ensues when ballots face challenges based on technicalities. The first-term Senator was moved to act based on her experience in last fall's hard-fought campaign for the newly drawn 46th state Senate District. One bill proposes to drop a requirement that a legally registered voter must also include the last address where they were registered to vote. The second drops a restriction mandating a two-week window on when county election boards can hand out paper ballots to election inspectors. These were two of the issues argued during the 73-day vote-counting process in the 46th Senate District following the Nov. 2012 election. Tkaczyk said, “These are two bills that are very simple. To me, they are no-brainers.” Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.