GOP suppression law targeting mail ballot signatures goes before Kansas judge
A Kansas court began hearing a challenge to a GOP-backed law that could make it more difficult for voters to cast a mail ballot in the state if it goes into effect.
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Court blocks Kansas law disqualifying late-arriving mail ballots
A Kansas court temporarily blocked a state law that would disqualify late-arriving mail ballots in the first ruling since the Supreme Court rejected a GOP challenge to grace periods for mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Ruling in favor of Kansas voting rights groups* Thursday, a Douglas County judge found that the law likely […]
Kansas GOP Senator admits there may not be enough time to implement SAVE America Act
Despite supporting the anti-voter SAVE America Act, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall admits there may not be time to implement it before November.
Kansas GOP scheme could cancel election in bid to weaken voters’ power to elect U.S. senators
Kansas Republicans are facing growing scrutiny over a potential scheme that could deny voters a say in this year’s U.S. Senate race and let GOP state lawmakers silence voters’ voices on who represents them in Washington.
Election officials rebut GOP voting claims at House hearing
At a House Administration Committee hearing Thursday, Republicans repeatedly raised hypothetical specters of coordinated voter fraud while state election officials gently reiterated, again and again, that elections and voter registration rolls are already safe, secure, and accurate.
GOP lawmakers override governor veto to pass voter suppression SAVE Kansas Act
The Kansas legislature overrides governor’s veto of a bill that will make voter registration harder and voter purging easier.
Kansans challenge state law that invalidated trans residents’ IDs ahead of midterm elections
Kansans are fighting back in court to block a new state law that invalidated transgender residents’ driver’s licenses and birth certificates, depriving them of their required voter ID just a few months before the state’s 2026 primary election.
This Week at Democracy Docket: GOP Wants One-Day Elections, and Setbacks for Trump’s Gerrymander Scheme
We’ve been warning for months that President Donald Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign.
This Week at Democracy Docket: GOP Gerrymandering Puts Fair Elections at Risk
This was the week when it became clear to anyone paying attention: The GOP’s drive to gerrymander districts in their favor — usually at the cost of minority representation — threatens the long-term fairness of elections.
GOP’s Anti-Democratic Gerrymander Drive Kicks Into High Gear
In red states across the country, GOP lawmakers and officials took a range of steps to move forward with their gerrymanders. Together, the moves suggest that, even leaving the Supreme Court aside, Republicans have abandoned any remaining political or moral qualms about drawing maps that maximize their advantage — with potentially dire consequences for the future of fair elections.
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