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“We believe that democracy is strongest and most effective when more people can participate,” said Micah Kubic, the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. “When we get rid of barriers to participation by any group we believe that democracy is at its strongest, and that your ability to participate should not be based on your ability to surmount those barriers on your own.”

Treating the map like a ball of Silly Putty meant to be stretched and pulled apart was an obvious and “deliberate attempt to silence the political voices of Democratic and minority Kansans,” Sharon Brett, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said amidst a failed 2022 lawsuit challenging the new maps.

But the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas wants Kansans to know that felons who have served their time are eligible to vote in the Sunflower State. Anyone who says otherwise is peddling misinformation, said Micah Kubic, ACLU of Kansas executive director.

Last week, the Roeland Park City Council unanimously approved a resolution — backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas — supporting the expansion of language access for voting materials in Kansas.

For more than 160 years, mail-in voting has been a fixture of American democracy — especially in Kansas.

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.