Four Kansas organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging constitutionality of two sweeping election reform bills placed into law by the 2021 Legislature after deflecting vetoes by Gov. Laura Kelly. Here, voters cast ballots at United Methodist Church in Topeka. (Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA The League of Women Voters of Kansas and three other organizations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging constitutionality of election reforms described by plaintiffs as a brazen attempt to suppress participation by minority, disabled and elderly voters.
The 2021 Legislature managed to override vetoes of two election bills denounced by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, setting up a showdown between the state as defendant and plaintiffs Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Loud Light, Topeka Independent Living Resource Center and League of Women Voters. Court documents allege provisions of House Bill 2183 and House Bill 2332 violated the Kansas Constitution by interfering with Ka
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Kansas state Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, R-Galena, speaks against a resolution calling on Congress to convene a convention of the states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka.
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TOPEKA Conservative Republicans who see the federal government as out of control split Wednesday and halted the push in Kansas for a convention of states to propose changes to the U.S. Constitution.
The state Senate spent nearly three hours during the final days of its annual session to consider a resolution asking Congress to call a convention. Some backers hoped its approval would help settle an obscure legal question vexing them, but senators thwarted their plans by voting 21-19 to send the resolution back to committee.
GOP s split halts push in Kansas for convention of states
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May 5, 2021
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1of5Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, follows criticism of a resolution calling on Congress to convene a convention of the states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Masterson supports the resolution.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, listens to the discussion during a meeting of GOP senators, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Masterson supports a convention of the states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less