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Evan Altman, a voting rights organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union, spoke to the Barton County chapter of Women for Kansas via Zoom last Sunday.

“This bill punishes Kansas voters for the basic logistics or troubles of the federal postal service,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.

Opponents included several civil rights groups and civic organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters and the Disability Rights Center.

Civil rights activists in Kansas are staffing up and engaging with local officials to prepare for a second Donald Trump presidency, the ACLU of Kansas said Friday.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is one of a handful of organizations administering the state’s Election Protection program.

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas finds that a shockingly large number of Kansans, nearly 85,000, or 1 in every 35 people in the state, are returning citizens who are eligible to vote.

A report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has found almost 85,000 state residents with past felonies who are eligible to vote, but only about 16 percent have registered.

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas unanimously voted Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the Wyandotte County Election Commissioner and Secretary of State to make Spanish-language election materials available to voters starting with elections in 2025.

The ACLU is operating a nonpartisan Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) offering help to voters in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and several other languages.