By Max Kautsch
Earlier this month, the Kansas Supreme Court ushered in a new era of presumed and prompt access to electronic records under the Kansas Open Records Act.
As the Court put it, KORA “obliges the agency” receiving a request for records “to faithfully duplicate the public record in all its respects” when providing copies to a requester. You can read the court’s ruling here.
Here’s how the case unfolded:
Agency refuses to provide electronic records
When a person requests a copy of an electronic public record under the Kansas Open Records Act, public agencies must provide that copy in electronic format, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Residents of District 10 in Pulaski County have been left without quorum court representation, county officials say, after a legal ruling that said Justice of the Peace Kristina Gulley is not eligible to serve but stopped short of removing her from office.
A petition filed Wednesday in Pulaski Circuit Court claims Pulaski County justice of the peace candidate Barry Jefferson is ineligible to serve because of a previous hot check conviction the same reason incumbent and former opponent Kristina Gulley was removed from the race.