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Feb 21, 2024

Kansas House works election bills altering ballot access, advance voting and election crime - Kansas Reflector

Voting Rights

“Democracy is not a partisan matter. It’s the very foundation that ensures each Kansas voter can have a voice in the laws and policies affecting their lives,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of ACLU of...

“Democracy is not a partisan matter. It’s the very foundation that ensures each Kansas voter can have a voice in the laws and policies affecting their lives,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of ACLU of...

Rep. Paul Waggoner, a Hutchinson Republican, worked to convince the Kansas House to approve legislation that would end the practice of allowing Kansas to submit in-person advance ballots on the Monday prior to a Tuesday election. Starting in 2025, the de
Rep. Paul Waggoner, a Hutchinson Republican, worked to convince the Kansas House to approve legislation that would end the practice of allowing Kansas to submit in-person advance ballots on the Monday prior to a Tuesday election. Starting in 2025, the de
Feb 16, 2024

Kansas House's child support bill invites scrutiny of meanings between lines of written text - Kansas Reflector

Reproductive Freedom

The bill’s narrow definition of “elective abortion,” which would exclude considerations of mental health for the pregnant woman, exemplified attempts to curtail women’s autonomy, reproductive freedoms and...

The bill’s narrow definition of “elective abortion,” which would exclude considerations of mental health for the pregnant woman, exemplified attempts to curtail women’s autonomy, reproductive freedoms and...

Taylor Morton of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes urged Kansas House members to reject a bill extending child support obligations to a fetus from conception until birth. The bill was advocated by anti-abortion organizations. (Kansas Reflector screen
Taylor Morton of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes urged Kansas House members to reject a bill extending child support obligations to a fetus from conception until birth. The bill was advocated by anti-abortion organizations. (Kansas Reflector screen
Feb 16, 2024

Kansas AG Kobach targets school policies on trans students | Kansas City Star

LGBTQ+ Rights

Kobach is now urging school districts to tell parents if students are trans or nonbinary.

Kobach is now urging school districts to tell parents if students are trans or nonbinary.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. TAMMY LJUNGBLAD tljungblad@kcstar.com
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. TAMMY LJUNGBLAD tljungblad@kcstar.com
Feb 16, 2024

AG Kris Kobach pushes to change Kansas execution laws | Kansas City Star

Criminal Legal Reform

Kansas should also allow executions by hypoxia, Kobach says. The controversial execution method deprives a person of oxygen and was used in the United States for the first time last month. Micah Kubic,...

Kansas should also allow executions by hypoxia, Kobach says. The controversial execution method deprives a person of oxygen and was used in the United States for the first time last month. Micah Kubic,...

KATIE BERNARD The Kansas City Star
KATIE BERNARD The Kansas City Star
Feb 16, 2024

“Students have a constitutional right to privacy”: An ACLU of Kansas response regarding AG Kobach’s letters to schools

LGBTQ+ Rights

The ACLU of Kansas has released a response regarding the Kansas Attorney General’s letter to six Kansas Public School districts allegedly not disclosing a student’s pronouns shared in school to the student’...

The ACLU of Kansas has released a response regarding the Kansas Attorney General’s letter to six Kansas Public School districts allegedly not disclosing a student’s pronouns shared in school to the student’...

Screenshot of news graphics in video thumbnail, reads: RESPONSE TO AG KOBACH'S LETTERS RESPONSE FROM THE ACLU OF KANSAS "Notably absent from Attorney General Kobach's letter to school districts about their policies protecting transgender students is a me
Screenshot of news graphics in video thumbnail, reads: RESPONSE TO AG KOBACH'S LETTERS RESPONSE FROM THE ACLU OF KANSAS "Notably absent from Attorney General Kobach's letter to school districts about their policies protecting transgender students is a me
Feb 12, 2024

Do Dodge City's at-large elections keep Latinos out of office? - KLC Journal

Voting Rights

A little more than a year ago, ACLU Kansas and other voting-rights groups filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that its at-large election system unlawfully dilutes the votes of Latinos – depriving them...

A little more than a year ago, ACLU Kansas and other voting-rights groups filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that its at-large election system unlawfully dilutes the votes of Latinos – depriving them...

Although more than 65% of Dodge City residents identify as Latino, just a handful of Hispanics have served on the city commission over the past three decades. Such sparse levels of representation have sparked a federal lawsuit filed ACLU Kansas. But city
Although more than 65% of Dodge City residents identify as Latino, just a handful of Hispanics have served on the city commission over the past three decades. Such sparse levels of representation have sparked a federal lawsuit filed ACLU Kansas. But city