Voting rights advocates sue over 2 new Kansas election laws
June 2, 2021 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two national nonprofit groups that encourage voting by mail sued Kansas election officials Wednesday over new election laws passed this year by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature.
The lawsuit from VoteAmerica and the Voter Participation Center comes a day after three Kansas voting rights groups The League of Women Voters of Kansas, Kansas Appleseed and Loud Light sued in Shawnee County Court.
Both lawsuits contend the laws are unconstitutional because they suppress free speech and disenfranchise voters.
The federal lawsuit seeks to block enforcement of a law that prohibits out-of-state groups from mailing advance ballot applications to any voter in the state and makes it a crime to include the voter’s name, address and other information on the application, even if the voter provided the information and requested an advance mail ballot application.
KANSAS CITY – Today, two voting organizations filed suit today in federal court in Kansas against Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Johnson County District Attorney Stephen Howe to block anti-voter provisions in HB 2332.
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