Election law roundup House Bill 782, a measure changing the deadline voters could submit their absentee ballots and have them counted, has gotten better with revision. But it wouldn’t meet a (stated) goal of its sponsors, and would take away a benefit North Carolina voters have enjoyed for more than a decade. It certainly breaches the “do no harm” standard I’m using to view election reforms. As a general rule, election reforms should make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. While this phrase has become a mantra among Republicans and conservatives, even my progressive counterpart Bo...