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Cindy Phillips, originally from Mexico City, became a U.S. citizen in December and registered to vote the very same day. She said systemic corruption in Mexican politics, including the murders of candidates and voters, make it dangerous to participate in democracy there.

ACLU of Kansas executive director on claims of non-citizens voting: ‘They were a lie then, and they’re a lie now.’

“One would hope that folks would follow the example and figure out the natural conclusion of this which is that it is not legally tenable, it is not popular, it is not based on reality,” ACLU of Kansas director Micah Kubic said.

On Tuesday, Madison Albers, a student at Fort Hays State and co-chair of the American Democracy Project, along with others involved in the polling place effort, delivered 480 signatures in support of the change to Ellis County Clerk Bobbi Dreiling.

Democracy should not be a partisan matter — it’s the very foundation that ensures each Kansas voter can have a voice in the laws and policies affecting their lives. The election process is the single most meaningful way for Kansans to hold their elected officials accountable.

The ACLU of Kansas announced that a series of anti-voting proposals hit a pause on Tuesday, March 5, as legislators rejected Senate Bill 365, which initially sought to end the 3-day grace period for the acceptance of mail-in ballots.

The American Civil Liberties Union claims Dodge City is violating federal voting laws by making it impossible for the Hispanic and Latino communities to elect someone to the city commission that truly represents them.

The lawsuit, filed in 2022 by ACLU Kansas and other voting rights groups on behalf of two Dodge City voters, argues that Dodge City’s at-large voting system violates federal voting rights law because it denies Hispanic and Latino residents the ability to elect representatives of their choosing.

“This case really goes to the heart of how American representation should work,” plaintiff’s attorney Jonathan Blackman said in his closing argument. “We’re talking about protecting the right and ability of minority voters to vote for their chosen candidate.”