BREAKING: Civic groups challenge law repealing three-day grace period

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A coalition of civic groups is challenging a new state law that repealed a three-day grace period for mail ballots to arrive at election offices after Election Day.

The three groups - Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Loud Light and the Disability Rights Center of Kansas - say that repealing the grace period was unconstitutional and disenfranchised Kansas voters.

They said repealing the grace period would make it "virtually impossible for many voters" to cast a ballot by mail in an election.

They want the law repealing the grace period blocked.

They wanted election officials ordered to count all . . .

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