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Secretary of State briefs committee on five active election cases and plans to make voter data more usable
Summary
Clay Barker outlined five ongoing lawsuits tied to recent election laws and described projects to visualize voter registration and results data, improve deduplication and use federal sources; committee members pressed on discovery, enforcement and interagency data‑sharing.
The general counsel for the Kansas Secretary of State's office, Clay Barker, briefed the committee on litigation now shaping state election law enforcement and on the office's data work.
Barker said five cases stemming from recent legislation are active: a federal First Amendment challenge to pre‑populated advanced ballot applications (Vote America v. Schwab), the League of Women Voters case (with signature‑verification and 10‑ballot carrier provisions), a fusion‑voting challenge by Kansas United,…
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