State lawmakers are planning to introduce election reform legislation next week. The Voting Rights Protection Act would allow voters to vote in-person a week before the election, establish new drop boxes for mail-in ballots and allow for curbside voting to ensure access for voters with disabilities. It would also allow counties to begin preparing mailed ballots for counting five-days before Election Day, require them to reach out to voters whose mail-in ballots have issues, and allow them to fix it by 8 p.m. on Election Day. However, the legislation would also expand voter identification requirements to anyone who votes in-person, instead of just first-time voters.