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"Kansas lawmakers, following a trend in Republican-controlled statehouses nationwide, gave initial approval Wednesday to bills that would strip the executive and judicial branches of some authority over elections and make it more difficult to cast a ballot by mail.
One of the measures would bar the Governor and courts from altering election laws. The other limits who is permitted to return a mail-in ballot on behalf of another person and makes it a felony for an individual to return more than five mail-in ballots.
...Alley said Wednesday he may send an additional bill to the Senate next week that would require mail in ballots to arrive at the polling place by 7 p.m. on election day, removing the three-day grace period current law allows for ballots postmarked by election day."
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Turning in 5 absentee ballots is fine, but turning in 6 is a felony. Seems absurdly arbitrary.
Prohibiting the courts from interpreting the constitution, with regard to voting, in such a way that the legislature may disagree, strikes at the heart of the separation of powers.
One of the measures would bar the Governor and courts from altering election laws. The other limits who is permitted to return a mail-in ballot on behalf of another person and makes it a felony for an individual to return more than five mail-in ballots.
...Alley said Wednesday he may send an additional bill to the Senate next week that would require mail in ballots to arrive at the polling place by 7 p.m. on election day, removing the three-day grace period current law allows for ballots postmarked by election day."
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Turning in 5 absentee ballots is fine, but turning in 6 is a felony. Seems absurdly arbitrary.
Prohibiting the courts from interpreting the constitution, with regard to voting, in such a way that the legislature may disagree, strikes at the heart of the separation of powers.
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