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For the 7th Year, Kansas Election Protection Going Strong
The statewide, nonpartisan Election Protection program responding to voter issues in Kansas will enter its seventh year this election.
New Report: 85,000 Kansans with Past Felonies Currently Eligible to Vote
A new report from the ACLU of Kansas finds that a shockingly large number of Kansans—nearly 85,000, or 1 in every 35 people in the state, are returning citizens who have completed sentences for past felonies and are eligible to register and vote under Kansas law.
WEDNESDAY: Wyandotte Unified Government to Consider Resolution Supporting Language Access for Voting Materials
The Board of Commissioners will hear testimony and consider a resolution introduced by Mayor Garner. The resolution calls on Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Wyandotte County Election Commissioner Michael Abbott to provide better language access for voters through translated election materials.
MONDAY: Historic Hearings Begin in Case Challenging the Death Penalty and Death Qualification in Kansas
Hearings will begin Monday in a sweeping challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty in Kansas and to the practice of death qualification, which disproportionately excludes those who oppose the death penalty from juries, such as Black prospective jurors, women, and people of faith.
ACLU and Partners Challenge Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas
The ACLU and its co-counsel argue that death qualification is discriminatory, unconstitutional, and undermines the principles at the core of the legal system.