JEFFERSON CITY – Most Americans want to mail in ballots at their convenience, rather than stand in sometimes long election lines on a day that could be inconvenient or a place that could be dangerous, with the coronavirus continuing in Missouri. Rep. Peggy McGaugh, R-139th District, offered legislation to make voting easier for Missourians. No-excuse absentee voting has hung around the Capitol for years, Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, said. The legislation has always faced opponents in the Republican-dominated General Assembly and among statewide officeholders, including Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican and Missouri’s chief election authority. “I would assume that bill would probably have a hard time getting through the Senate,” Hoskins said. Formerly Carroll County’s county clerk and chief election official, McGaugh pushes forward against the odds with her House bill 1065. The bill calls for noexcuse absentee voting within three weeks before an election. After…