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The ACLU of Kansas exhausts all possible options before pursuing litigation, which is a last resort. Writing open letters to public officials holds them accountable and can often resolve issues without getting the courts involved.
As your administration sets its priorities and direction for Kansas, we encourage you to take steps to actively defend the values of freedom, justice, and equality that we share as Americans.
In the second, October 16 letter, the ACLU of Kansas strongly urges Ms. Cox take the following steps to remedy the polling location concerns of Ford County and especially Dodge City.
On October 3, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas wrote a letter to Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox addressing both historical polling place concerns and immediate concerns related to the relocation of a single, heavily burdened Dodge City polling site.
We stand ready to assist your administration in any way that we can, in defense of civil liberties and civil rights. If there is ever anything that we can do to be of assistance, please do not hesitate to call on us.
January 31, 2018It is our hope that in setting a new tone in Topeka, Gov. Colyer will take steps to actively defend the values of freedom, justice, and equality that make Kansas the Free State.
On April 26, the ACLU of Kansas sent a letter to the Shawnee Mission School District on behalf of students who were silenced, censored, and in some cases subject to aggressive physical contact by administrators while participating in a nationwide school walkout protesting gun violence.
