A top Democratic lawmaker proposed adding voter ID requirements to an election bill on Saturday — a significant show of compromise between Democrats and Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager presented Assembly Bill 499 in the Senate Finance Committee on Saturday with heavy amendments to resurrect provisions in a vetoed bill and to appease a major wish of Lombardo’s. The bill includes expanding accessibility of mail ballot drop boxes — a Democratic effort that the governor vetoed — and voter ID, a longstanding desire of Lombardo’s.

AB 499 originally proposed requiring county clerks to establish and maintain a voter services portal allowing voters to access their voter registration information.

Yeager’s amended version of the bill is a result of conversations he had

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