Bills for defending election laws exceed $1.4 million

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(Updated to clarify the laws dealt with mail ballot applications)

The state has amassed more than $1.4 million in legal bills for defending election laws that were passed by the Legislature in 2021 and have been mired in court for more than three years.

The state has paid out $843,691 to defend a lawsuit brought by four civic groups that claimed the statutes - focused on ballot collection and impersonating election officials - violated the Kansas Constitution by interfering with voting and violating Kansans’ right to . . .

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