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Jul 5, 2023

Kansas Moves to Block Trans People From Correcting Their State IDs | Them

The ACLU of Kansas also condemned the action. “No matter how much Attorney General Kobach and extremists in our state legislature may wish to, they cannot erase the fundamental protections the Constitution...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender i

Jul 5, 2023

ACLU report connects decisions by Kansas county election officials to voter turnout - Kansas Reflector

A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas examines the effect county election officials can have on voter turnout and urges them to adopt policies that support democracy.

A “vote here” sign is displayed Oct. 25, 2022, at the Shawnee County Election Office in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Jul 5, 2023

'Wildly varied access to democracy across the state': ACLU study identifies faults in Kansas election system

In the ACLU’s “All Democracy is (Still) Local” study, the organization finds that voters across Kansas have “wildly varied access to democracy across the state.”

Woman filling out a ballot at a voting booth

Jul 5, 2023

AG Kris Kobach discusses his 'Women's Bill of Rights'

"It’s troubling to see Mr. Kobach cynically seize an opportunity for political gain that will no doubt ultimately be another round of continuing legal education for him,” Kansas ACLU executive director...

Jun 26, 2023

AG Kris Kobach discusses plan to block birth certificate and driver's license changes by transgender Kansans

"He's saying that because the state legislature happened to pass another bill, which is extreme and vague and constitutionally suspect in its own way that, therefore, you shouldn't have to follow the court'...

Jun 26, 2023

'Sheer indecency': ACLU blasts KS AG move to block gender marker changes

“No matter how much Attorney General Kobach and extremists in our state legislature may wish to, they cannot erase the fundamental protections the Constitution guarantees to every single LGBTQ+ Kansan,”...