Convicted Felons and the Right to Vote in Kansas

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.

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This city is first in JoCo to back ACLU resolution calling for Spanish language ballots

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.

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Why Kansas mail-in voting faces a historic crossroads | Opinion

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

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ACLU Study: Inmates Who Can't Afford Cash Bail Could Stay in Jail for Months

The study by the ACLU of Kansas found a majority of the Wichita-area inmates were booked for nonviolent crimes and the bail policy unfairly affects low-income people who cannot afford release.

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ACLU report shines light on Sedgwick County bail system

A June 2025 report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is shining a light on the bail system in Sedgwick County.

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ICE is holding record number of detainees. Where are they?

However, private prison companies such as CoreCivic and The GeoGroup have announced contracts to operate detention centers in places including Leavenworth, Kansas, where the shuttered Midwest Regional Reception Center could be part of growing ICE’s migrant detention holdings, according to public records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Some Kansas immigrants will lose access to health care because of Trump policy changes

Monica Bennett, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, told the Kansas News Service that immigrants are being used as scapegoats for rising government spending on health services.

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Can ICE agents pull you over? Jailing of KC area immigrant raises question

“They held that if a police officer witnesses a traffic violation, they can go ahead and conduct a traffic stop, pull someone over, even if that stop is ‘pretexual’” — meaning the real motivation was to investigate other potential crimes.” said Kunyu Ching, senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.

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ICE detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, is hiring despite months of legal limbo

The American Civil Liberties Union said in May that those detainees are held in “crowded, unsanitary conditions” and that some have attempted suicide.

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