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The ACLU of Kansas will run a statewide, nonpartisan voter assistance hotline that can be reached at 866-687-8683. The hotline is also available in multiple languages:

The ACLU is looking at Kansas as one of the closest watched states this election cycle. “This year, we are keeping our eye on places like Iowa, Kansas, California and Maine,” said Deirdre Schifeling with the ACLU.

Even though Prairie Village rejected adopting a state law requiring a 25-foot buffer from first responders and law enforcement, officers can still invoke it in the city. Here’s where other cities in the county stand.

“We have definitely stepped up our election protection work and have the largest, most robust program we’ve ever had — covering more polling places with more volunteers and prepared for more scenarios,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas. “We are still recruiting, so I wouldn’t want to commit to numbers yet — but in August, we doubled the size of the program over prior years and anticipate doing the same for November.”

So, what’s the distinction? And why are groups like the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the League of Women Voters advocating for Kansans to vote “no” in the Nov. 3 general election?

A new Kansas law revokes driver’s licenses for some trans people and requires them to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth. A group of trans men called the Kansas ‘Compliance Crew’ is protesting the law by following it. NBC News’ Marquise Francis has more.

Opponents of the amendment include the Kansas chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union and the League of Women Voters, both of which submitted written testimony in opposition to the amendment during the 2025 legislative session. Davis Hammet, president of Loud Light Civic Action, a voting rights advocacy group in Kansas, also opposed the measure.

Micah Kubic, executive director of ACLU of Kansas, said the U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas was asking residents of southwest Kansas to ignore what they observed occurring in their communities. “Kansans are seeing through these transparent attempts to turn neighbors against one another,” Kubic said. “Even if the U.S. attorney finds them inconvenient, the facts are clear: masked, unidentified men are recklessly storming our streets, surrounding cars, separating parents from children, then disappearing them into ICE’s creeping network of deplorable jails and prisons.”

The ACLU of Kansas said it wants to have more conversations with the department about ALPRs, including reducing the data retention periods even further and limiting data sharing.