UPDATED: Appeals court reverses decision in elections case; finds voting fundamental right

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(Updated to add comment from attorney general and House speaker plus more details from opinion.)

The state appeals court on Friday found that a state law limiting how many ballots can be delivered by a third party to an election office and imposing new signature requirements for advanced mail ballots violated the right to vote.

The three-judge panel found that voting was a fundamental state constitutional right in reversing a decision by Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson, who SSJ

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