The League of Women Voters of Kansas opposes legislation that unnecessarily restricts voters’ opportunities and ability to vote.
The following bills in the Kansas legislature would disenfranchise voters or create unnecessary barriers to voting:
HB 2453 – Moves up Elections Calendar; voter registration from 21 to 25 days, eliminates early voting on Monday before elections, requests mailed ballot from 7 to 14 days before election. Hearing 3/17 in Senate Fed & State. Would be enacted upon passage. Counties already have websites and materials with current voting deadlines for this year.
HB 2569 – All voting/election court cases would be held in Shawnee County. Creates hardship for plaintiffs in other parts of the state.
SB 394 – Would eliminate all mail ballots (except as required by federal law) if the court deems signature verification is unconstitutional. No exceptions for elderly, handicapped, out-of-town workers, etc.
HB 2448 – Citizenship status on all driver licenses. Invites probable harassment or discrimination for non-citizens.
HB 2438 – Online voter registration only on .gov or S.O.S. approved website. Would make it illegal for election officials to accept any online voter registration (even if valid) from any other site.
H Sub for SB 231 – (gut and go to replace text with HB 2452) Moves all elections to even number years. Makes it difficult for down ballot candidates (school board, city commissions/councils) to have a voice when competing with national or state-wide elections.
H Sub for SB 451 – (addsL SB 395 (act blue) + HB 2451 (local gov ballot) + amendment on (primary reporting) A campaign finance monster. Creates difficult reporting for small donations.
HB 2437 – Voter roll matching; marci francisco’s amendments accepted: broke out reporting numbers– dead, moved, non-citizen, etc. Changed 5 days to 45 days to correct flag, alerts sent to both addresses, and strikes non-gov entities for comparisons.
HCR 5021 – Voter ID Constitutional Amendment; Only Voter ID that requires proof of citizenship are accepted to vote – documents that not all citizens can easily obtain and would forfeit many citizens (students, elderly, handicapped, low income, recently moved to Kansas) right to vote.
Contact your Kansas legislators and tell them to vote NO on these unnecessary bills:
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