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Kansas Supreme Court allows three-day grace period for mail ballots to be temporarily reinstated ahead of primary

Welcome to Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia's Weekly Election Policy Digest. Every Tuesday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity.

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Why Kansas voters are deciding how Supreme Court justices are chosen

Kansas voters will decide on changing their Supreme Court selection process. The proposed amendment would replace appointments with direct judicial elections. Supporters believe this will shift the court's ideological balance over time. Opponents warn of increased political influence and campaign spending. This vote has significant implications for abortion rights and…

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Kansas voters to decide whether to become the 22nd state to elect supreme court members or keep unique bar-controlled commission

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Kansas Supreme Court appears unlikely to budge on state-level abortion rights after 2022 vote

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Supreme Court justices repeatedly pointed to last year’s overwhelming vote to uphold state-level abortion rights Monday, indicating they’re highly unlikely to back off their 2019 decision establishing the right to the procedure in the state.

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Abortion opponents seek smaller changes in Kansas after vote

Seven months after a decisive statewide vote affirmed abortion rights in Kansas, the Republican-controlled Legislature’s annual session in some ways looks a lot like previous ones, with multiple anti-abortion proposals

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Kansas Republicans say 'Election Day' should mean Election Day. Is that possible?

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas Republicans have repeatedly said they want “Election Day” to mean Election Day as they weigh new rules to restrict mail-in ballots and drop boxes.

Tribune News Service

Redistricting litigation updates in five states

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Kansas death penalty faces new challenge with ACLU invoking landmark abortion decision

The ACLU is mounting a major new effort to overturn Kansas’ death penalty, arguing it’s racially discriminatory and that, because of a landmark state Supreme Court decision upholding abortion rights, officials must clear a high legal bar to show capital sentences are constitutional.

Tribune News Service

US Supreme Court won't hear appeals from 'Wichita massacre'

The U_S_ Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.”

The Independent UK

Plaintiffs Challenging Kansas’ Congressional District Boundaries File Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court

On November 23, 2022, the plaintiffs in Alonzo v. Schwab filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S.

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Plaintiffs challenging Kansas’ congressional district boundaries file appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

On November 23, 2022, the plaintiffs in Alonzo v. Schwab filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). The petition—which asks SCOTUS to hear the case— challenges the Kansas Supreme Court’s May 2022 decision upholding that state’s congressional redistricting plan.

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Voting rights groups ask Supreme Court to consider Kansas redistricting ruling

Critics of Kansas’ newly enacted congressional maps are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Kansas Supreme Court decision upholding them.

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Kansas judge blocks telemedicine abortion ban in first key ruling since August vote

A Kansas judge has blocked enforcement of a state ban on telemedicine abortions, the first significant abortion-related court ruling in the state since voters in August rejected a proposal that would have upheld the ban.

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Campaign mailer misleads voters on Kansas Supreme Court retention and abortion rights

Days before the election, a misleading mailer went out to Kansans that falsely implied voters can protect abortion rights by ousting Kansas Supreme Court justices.

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Abortion foes seek ouster of 5 Kansas Supreme Court justices

The most influential anti-abortion group in Kansas politics is urging voters in mailers to remove five of the seven justices on the state Supreme Court

Tribune News Service

Is abortion on Kansas ballot again? Judicial retention votes could determine future cases

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Supreme Court was front and center this summer as Kansans prepared to vote on a constitutional amendment aimed at overturning the court’s 2019 decision that found a right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

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Kobach lays out plan to remove abortion rights in Kansas after failed amendment

WICHITA, Kan. — Republican attorney general candidate Kris Kobach has unveiled a new strategy for removing abortion rights from the state constitution a month after Kansas voters affirmed those rights by a wide margin.

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He worked under Schmidt and Trump. But effort to overturn 2020 election was a breaking point

A former federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump is backing Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly over her Republican opponent, state Attorney General Derek Schmidt, citing Schmidt’s support of a lawsuit that attempted to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss.

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Libel and Presumed Damages in the Internet Age

From Marcus v. Swanson, decided today by the Kansas Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Gordon Atcheson, joined by Presiding Judge Stephen Hill: In this case, we must apply defamation law crafted 40 years ago to a decidedly 21st century set of facts. A plastic surgeon [Swanson] asserted…

Reason

You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party, in Wichita

And the Kansas Supreme Court may well be on your side.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Kansas voters spoke loudly on abortion: Trust women. Now politicians must listen

The nation now knows, and the world: Kansas remains a free state.

Reason

Kansas Voters Reject Repeal of State Constitutional Abortion Rights, by >58%-42% Margin

In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court held (in Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. v. Schmidt) that the Kansas Constitution's opening provision ("All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness") protected abortion rights. Today, Kansas voters overwhelming voted to…

Tribune News Service

Kansas rejects constitutional amendment removing the state level right to an abortion

The right to an abortion will remain in the Kansas Constitution.

WEKU

Today, Kansans face a high-stakes decision on the future of abortion rights

Tuesday, voters in Kansas will be the first in the nation to vote on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The Star urges a no vote on Kansas abortion amendment. Politicians must not revoke rights

Kansas voters face one of the most important questions in state history on Aug. 2.

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