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Sen. Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, presents a new version of election consolidation legislation to the Senate State Affairs Committee on Friday morning. The new version has passed the House. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

When Sen. Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, began presenting the new version of the 98-page election consolidation bill to the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning, committee Chairman Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, stopped him with a question: “Are we missing a y in county?” Hill looked closely, and said sure enough - a y was missing. “Thank you very much,” Hill told McKenzie. “Ninety-eight pages and you found that - very impressive.” The typographical error will be corrected.

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