Judge clears way for civic groups to resume voter registration drives
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.”
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Training session in Lawrence to educate about LGBTQ+ storytelling
Three Kansas organizations will offer a free training session Monday at Art Love Collective about the ways powerful storytelling can contribute to LGBTQ+ advocacy.
Bill blocks Kansas counties from sending unsolicited advance ballot applications to voters
The organization of Kansas county election officers told legislators they opposed a Republican-sponsored bill that would prohibit counties from continuing the practice of mailing unsolicited advance ballot applications to registered voters.
Can you be charged with a felony for helping Kansas voters get registered? That’s back in court
The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a state law that caused advocacy groups to cancel voter registration drives.
Kansas Supreme Court set to consider protections for voting rights
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.
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Lawrence City Commission candidates talk about community engagement, police oversight at NAACP forum
Candidates running for Lawrence City Commission on Saturday shared their views on community oversight of police, how to engage marginalized people and more during the final forum of this election cycle.
‘Sexism from a new lens:’ Kansas athletes point out inequities in face of anti-LGBTQ law
Kylie Forney spent her whole life training to play collegiate softball, a dream deferred by a year because of a shoulder injury easily avoided with better attention for women in athletics.
‘They call us gay for a reason’: Kansas LGBTQ activists talk about embracing a policy of love
Melissa Stiehler remembers her experience as the first girl to come out at her high school, back in 2006, at the height of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
“It was incredibly lonely,” Stiehler said. “I started LGBT activism at that point in time, basically, to make other gay friends, so I knew I wasn’t alone.”
Kansas Supreme Court justices point to ‘chilling’ impact of law on voter registration activity
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.
Know your rights: Free voter education events coming up Sunday
Kansas organizations will present two educational events this Sunday in hopes of spreading awareness around voting rights and laws.
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