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Amidst a series of anti-voting proposals this session, on Tuesday the Kansas Senate rejected SB 365, a bill that initially sought to end the three-day grace period for accepting mail-in ballots after Election Day and ban the use of satellite ballot drop-off boxes.
An unprecedented number of statewide groups have come together to condemn two bills that would attack young transgender Kansans’ freedom to access healthcare and are raising the alarm on anti-democratic processes by legislators that prevent everyday Kansans from participating.
Dodge City, which is located in Ford County in southwest Kansas, is not divided into multiple voting districts for City Commission. Rather, members of the commission are elected “at large,” meaning they are elected by voters from across the entire city.
Two upcoming events held by the ACLU of Kansas and multiple partner organizations seek to inform Kansans with felony records that they are eligible to vote after they have served their sentence – and should.
As state lawmakers consider multiple election-related bills, the ACLU of Kansas is warning against each bill’s negative impact on Kansas voters, but also against the collective anti-democratic theme of the package of bills that all seek to make it harder for Kansans to vote.
Notably absent from Attorney General Kobach's letter to school districts about their policies protecting transgender students is a meaningful legal analysis, so we are glad to provide one.