The ACLU of Kansas is deeply troubled by Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden’s recent proposals to have sheriff’s office staff intrude on the county elections office’s ballot counting and pick-up processes. 

After the ACLU of Kansas intervened, Atchison County Clerk Michelle Phillips reversed her previous decision that ended voter registration for the August 2, 2022 election early on June 23.

A Wyandotte County Judge ruled in favor of Kansas voters challenging new, legislatively drawn congressional maps which plaintiffs argued were targeted for political and racial gerrymandering.

The Kansas Supreme Court Friday morning denied Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s petition to dismiss redistricting lawsuits claiming legislative maps constituted racial and partisan gerrymandering.

The ACLU of Kansas and the Campaign Legal Center, along with pro bono assistance from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map, claiming it is a partisan and racial gerrymander.

Kansans have additional opportunities to register to vote or update their voter registrations through two government agency offices across the state, thanks to an agreement between a coalition of civil rights agencies and the State of Kansas.

The United States Supreme Court Monday rejected an attempt to breathe new life into a draconian Kansas law requiring documentary proof of citizen for voter registration, finally closing the book on a law that has failed at federal and appellate court levels.

As Americans prepare to celebrate their freedoms this July Fourth holiday, grassroots community leaders will be pressing Senate President Susan Wagle to support Election Day Registration (EDR) legislation next session as “the most patriotic thing a legislator could do.”