Federal Courts Rule Against Unconstitutional Voting Laws in Kansas and Colorado

A federal judge has ruled that portions of a controversial Kansas election law are unconstitutional, including provisions banning out-of-state entities from mailing advance ballot applications and prohibiting the applications from containing any pre-filled information. The law also violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, according to the ruling. The plaintiffs were VoteAmerica and Voter Participation Center, who sued because the law would have made voting by mail more difficult. Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Attorney General Kris Kobach were defendants in the case and intend to appeal the ruling.