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Judge upholds state mail ballot signature verification requirement

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A Shawnee County judge has upheld a state law that prohibits advance mail ballots from being accepted unless the signature on the ballot matches a signature on file with the county election office.

District Judge Teresa Watson found that the four plaintiffs that challenged the law – the League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, the Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and the Lois Curtis Center - didn't have standing to sue.

Watson further found . . .

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