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Lawrence news January 17, 2025 - 11:04 am

Kansas election official asks for state law to deter threats against poll workers

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas’ top election official urged the Legislature to increase the penalty for threatening a poll worker, impose a ban on political parties nominating candidates without their consent and to compel counties to securely deploy ballot drop boxes.

State Government July 6, 2023 - 2:30 pm

Kansas audit of election security exposes strengths, weaknesses of voting systems

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The auditing division of the Kansas Legislature reported Thursday election officials in more than a dozen counties studied maintained adequate overall security practices and management of election computers but raised questions about the security of ballots and vote tabulation machines.

State Government March 3, 2022 - 9:00 am

Derek Schmidt embraces integrity of Kansas elections in audio clip from GOP forum

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said during a meet and greet with voters Monday in Harper County that he believes “Kansas elections are solid” and that he has “never seen the evidence” of widespread institutional problems here.

Douglas County Democrats
Lawrence news August 19, 2021 - 12:24 pm

Douglas County DA, election experts to discuss new Kansas voting laws in Lawrence forum

by Lawrence Times

Weeks after announcing her office would not prosecute violations of a new Kansas law that criminalizes giving the appearance of an election worker, Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez on Saturday will join a panel of election experts to discuss the state’s voter laws.

Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts July 27, 2021 - 10:53 am

Douglas County DA will not prosecute violations of new law that criminalizes looking like an election worker

by Conner Mitchell

Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez announced Tuesday that she would not prosecute violations of a newly effective law in the state of Kansas that makes it a felony for individuals to engage in conduct that would make a person think they are an elections worker.

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