By: Sherman Smith - July 14, 2021 2:58 pm
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab answers questions from news reporters following the 2020 Electoral College vote in the House chamber at the Statehouse. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA — An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says the state’s open records law might as well not exist if Secretary of State Scott Schwab is allowed to keep public information hidden by reconfiguring software.
Attorney Josh Pierson argued Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court for the release of provisional ballot data requested by Davis Hammet, a voter rights advocate who hoped to educate voters about why their ballots weren’t being counted.