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Kansas group suspends voter registration, education efforts June 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A voting rights group plans to pause its voter registration and education activities for fear of criminal prosecution under a new election law passed this year by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. Loud Light, a state voting rights organization, said in a news release that it will suspend on Thursday its voter outreach efforts until a Shawnee District Court rules on its motion to block the law that makes it a felony to cause someone to believe another person is an el...

Civic groups sue Kansas over new voting laws Melissa Brunner © Provided by Topeka WIBW-TV WIBW TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Several civic groups are suing the state of Kansas over newly-enacted voting laws. The League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center filed the lawsuit Tuesday. It alleges the laws violate the Kansas Constitution by interfering with voting, due process, and free speech and association rights. Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed House Bill 2183 and House Bill 2332, saying they we...

Advocacy groups file suit over new Kansas voting laws, arguing they are "needlessly oppressive" Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal © Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal Registered Shawnee County voters fill out their advance ballots Friday morning at the county election office at 3420 S.W. Van Buren. That office will be closed to the public Saturday and Sunday. Registered voters will then be able to vote in advance there from 8 a.m. to noon Monday. A coalition of advocacy groups have filed suit in opposition to two laws approved by the legislature last month, arguing they vi...

Four Kansas organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging constitutionality of two sweeping election reform bills placed into law by the 2021 Legislature after deflecting vetoes by Gov. Laura Kelly. Here, voters cast ballots at United Methodist Church in Topeka. (Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The League of Women Voters of Kansas and three other organizations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging constitutionality of election reforms described by plaintiffs as a brazen attempt to suppress participation by minority, disabled and elderly voters. The 2021 Legislature managed to over...

Three advocacy groups have filed suit in opposition to two voting laws, which they argue violate the Kansas Constitution.