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In Kansas, voter registration groups are suing to stop a new elections law. Some organizations have stopped doing voter drives for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.

By: Sherman Smith - July 14, 2021 2:58 pm Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab answers questions from news reporters following the 2020 Electoral College vote in the House chamber at the Statehouse. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says the state’s open records law might as well not exist if Secretary of State Scott Schwab is allowed to keep public information hidden by reconfiguring software. Attorney Josh Pierson argued Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court for the release of provisional ballot data requested ...

Voting rights advocates sue over 2 new Kansas election laws June 2, 2021 GMT TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two national nonprofit groups that encourage voting by mail sued Kansas election officials Wednesday over new election laws passed this year by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. The lawsuit from VoteAmerica and the Voter Participation Center comes a day after three Kansas voting rights groups — The League of Women Voters of Kansas, Kansas Appleseed and Loud Light — sued in Shawnee County Court. Both lawsuits contend the laws are unconstitutional because they suppress free speech...

A set of controversial voting changes are set to take effect in Kansas on Thursday, July 1, the same day as a major ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court which could dampen the hopes of activists seeking to get the new laws thrown out in state and federal court. Dueling state and federal lawsuits were filed last month seeking to invalidate the two laws passed by the Legislature over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly, which they argue unconstitutionally inhibits residents to vote and infringes on their free speech rights. Both lawsuits requested an injunction blocking the laws from taking effect �...