'Disenfranchised': Voting rights advocates sue Kansas officials over new election laws
Source: Kansas City Star
A group of voting rights advocates sued Kansas state election officials Tuesday over two controversial laws muscled through the Kansas Legislature last month by Republican lawmakers.
The lawsuit, filed in Shawnee County’s district court by the League of Women Voters of Kansas, Kansas Appleseed and Loud Light argued that provisions of two bills altering election laws violate the state and U.S. constitution by suppressing speech and disenfranchising voters. The groups further contend that the changes were made in the absence of any evidence that the state’s elections are insecure.
“In most instances, the Legislature relied on little more than vague references to concerns about elections integrity or fraud that was rumored to have occurred in other states,” the lawsuit said. “Yet, no legislator pointed to even a single instance of fraud precipitating the need for these drastic changes.”
The two bills were approved over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto. They were part of a nationwide push by Republican state legislators to use unfounded claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election as grounds for revising election rules.
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