To KSOS RE: Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act

On July 1, 2026, we sent a letter to Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Kansas notifying him that provisions of House Bill 2437 (“HB 2437”), passed during the 2026 Legislative Session, violate or may violate Sections 6 and 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Kansas HB 2437, misleadingly nicknamed the “SAVE Kansas Act,” was enacted during the 2026 session after the legislature overrode a veto by the governor. The majority of its provisions went into effect Wednesday, July 1. HB 2437 greatly expands voter purge methods, increasing the risk that citizens will be purged from the voter rolls. It also establishes new voter removal provisions, new limitations on online voter registration applications, and new open records exemptions. Naturalized citizens are especially at risk of having their valid voter registrations cancelled because of reliance on the federal SAVE database and Kansas Division of Vehicles database, which are compared with the voter registration rolls in Kansas.