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Instead of ensuring elections can be held amid coronavirus, Kentucky GOP passes new voter ID bill NewsColony Daily Kos Staff Monday March 23, 2020 · 8:59 AM PDT 2020/03/23 · 08:59 Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams (R) Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams (R) With virtually no notice, Kentucky Republicans revised their   photo voter ID bill   to make it much more restrictive and   passed it   out of the legislature on Thursday   before the final bill version was even made public —and after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear   had ordered the state capitol closed to the public   to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Because Republicans can override Beshear’s   all-but-certain veto   with just a simple majority, this bill will almost certainly become law. Before the coronavirus hit crisis levels, Republicans   had passed different versions   of the bill in each chamber, wi...