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Arts & Events January 29, 2025 - 5:16 pm

Kansas Statehouse’s newest art installation, first by woman artist, celebrates suffragists

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

A crowd clamored today at the Kansas Statehouse to see the state’s suffragist icons and family members memorialized in paint. Gov. Laura Kelly marked the day as an occasion to celebrate “bold, visionary, badass” women. 

State News August 1, 2024 - 1:26 pm

Judge clears way for civic groups to resume voter registration drives

by Grace Hills, Kansas Reflector

Kansas civic groups are resuming voter registration efforts after a three-year-pause due to a law that made it a felony to “represent oneself as an election official.”

State Government December 15, 2023 - 12:29 pm

Can you be charged with a felony for helping Kansas voters get registered? That’s back in court

by Stephen Koranda, Calen Moore, Kansas News Service

The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a state law that caused advocacy groups to cancel voter registration drives.

Crime & Courts November 3, 2023 - 3:03 pm

Kansas Supreme Court set to consider protections for voting rights

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

Kansas AG Kris Kobach made his case Friday that voting rights should not be given the same protection as other constitutional rights, hoping to sway the court over to his side in the latest twist of a long-lasting legal battle over 2021 election laws. 

Crime & Courts February 1, 2023 - 6:40 pm

Kansas Supreme Court justices point to ‘chilling’ impact of law on voter registration activity

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Supreme Court justices raised concerns Wednesday about the “chilling” effect a 2021 law could have on League of Women Voters volunteers and others who participate in voter registration drives.

State Government April 12, 2022 - 12:43 pm

Litigants file appeal of Kansas judge’s dismissal of lawsuit challenging election restrictions

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of 2021 election mandates passed by the Kansas Legislature. Voter rights groups have filed an appeal.

State Government April 7, 2022 - 3:33 pm

Attorneys debate potential for Kansas election law to chill voter registration efforts

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Voting rights attorneys battled Thursday in the Kansas Court of Appeals over the merits of a 2021 law that threatens felony prosecution for any activity that could be mistaken as the work of an election official.

State Government March 10, 2022 - 3:53 pm

Trio of Kansas Senate redistricting maps introduced by committees with little fanfare

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Republicans and Democrats along with a voter advocacy group introduced 3 competing redistricting maps outlining new boundaries for the 40 Kansas Senate districts in response to population shifts during the past decade.

State Government March 1, 2022 - 2:26 pm

Women’s suffrage memorial backed by near entirety of Kansas Senate gets committee green light

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Nearly every state senator has signed on to a bill establishing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement in the state Capitol.

State Government January 7, 2022 - 12:06 pm

Kansas officials, advocates grapple over election integrity and voting access

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

After a 2021 legislative session packed with election proposals, Kansas officials and advocacy groups again are looking at both election integrity and accessibility issues.

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