Press Releases

ACLU of Kansas Sends Letter to Kansas Secretary of State over Kansas’ Potential Non-Compliance with the NVRA

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the ACLU sent a notice letter Wednesday to Secretary of State Scott Schwab regarding various provisions House Bill 2437’s potential noncompliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

In New Report, ACLU of Kansas Urges Election Officials to Step Up and Combat Attacks

All Democracy is Local 2026 finds that Kansas voters’ ease of casting a ballot depends and varies widely on their local county’s policies and practices
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Kansas Lawmakers end legislative session with attack on voters, immigrants, and due process for all 

Kansas state lawmakers overrode gubernatorial vetoes last week in a broad attack on Kansans’ ability to vote, to be free from unconstitutional detention, and to protest.  

ACLU of Kansas Warns Against Kansas Lawmakers’ Multitudinal Attacks on Elections and Voters’ Rights  

Ahead of pivotal 2026 elections, the Kansas Legislature passed new provisions attacking elections and Kansas voters’ rights from a multitude of directions.

ACLU of Kansas condemns lawmakers’ unprecedented attack on Kansans’ voting rights

The ACLU of Kansas is warning that, taken as a whole, a package of six bills recently passed by the Kansas House of Representatives constitute one of the most comprehensive and significant attacks on voting and free, fair elections that Kansans have ever seen.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Poll: Kansas voters concerned about threats to democracy and broadly support language translation

A new poll finds that 70% of Kansas voters across party lines are concerned about politicians trying to undermine the votes of American citizens and that 71% want officials to prioritize protecting democracy.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

MEDIA ADVISORY: ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, community partners rally for democracy

The ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, and community partners will gather to discuss how Johnson County can lead the way in ensuring language access at the polls.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas reacts to state legislature’s attack on right to vote 

Just last week this same body claimed we must subject the Supreme Court to partisan elections in order to hear from voters—and yet today they silence those same voters by passing SB 4 into law.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Kansas reacts to state legislature’s attempt to rewrite constitution and politicize state Supreme Court  

This is a blatant attack by the legislators on our justices, and it’s part of a decades-long pattern of politicians attempting to punish the judicial branch for issuing decisions on education and reproductive freedom that they disagree with."