Kansas Legislature passes package of elections bills that alter voting processes
TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans passed a package of legislation that purports to bolster election integrity but evoked warnings from Democrats of potential voter suppression.
Despite pleas Wednesday from the top Democrat on the House Elections Committee to let the legislation die, most Republicans supported House Bills 2569 and 2437.
HB 2569 could eliminate no-excuse mail-in voting if any judge in the state deems the state’s ballot signature verification law to be invalid. It also mandates all voting rights challenges in Kansas be heard in Shawnee County, where a judge who handles civil cases has leaned to the right.
HB 2437 deputizes the Secretary of State to twice a year cross-reference driver’s license records and state voter rolls against the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, database. It also restricts voter registration websites to .gov domains or state-approved sites and requires county elections officials to remove people from their voter rolls when a funeral home publishes a person’s obituary.
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/27/kansas-legislature-passes-package-of-elections-bills-that-alter-voting-processes/
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