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“Our nation’s electoral systems have withstood record turnout, an avalanche of mail-in ballots in a pandemic, and the attacks of a president who would rather tear down democratic norms and institutions than admit he is a loser in a national election."
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The ACLU of Kansas has asked the Wichita school district to rescind a disciplinary action taken against a teacher who has posted vocal opposition to the district plans to reopen public schools on social media.
Arguing that juvenile fees and fines are a regressive and racially discriminatory tax on low-income communities, a collection of civil rights and civil liberties organizations including the ACLU of Kansas, has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to immediately halt such assessments.
The overly reactive and militarized response of the Overland Park Police Department to recent, peaceful Black Lives Matter protests is cause for serious concern, the ACLU of Kansas noted in a letter to Department officials this week.