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  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    AG Kris Kobach Directs League of Women Voters to Cease Paying People to Register to Vote (opens the original)

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    Here’s the press release from Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office on Friday afternoon:Kobach Directs League of Women Voters to Cease Paying People to Register to VotePost Date: 09/25/2026 2:49 PMTOPEKA – (September 25, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a cease-and-desist letter to the League of Women Voters of Kansas and Leavenworth following a complaint from House Elections Committee Chairman Rep. Pat Proctor. Proctor sounded the alarm about voter-registration drives he

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Nigerian national indicted for illegally voting in Kansas (opens the original)

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    Sept. 25: Updated with court documents.Here’s the press release from the Department of Justice on Wednesday:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="129.1406401551891

  3. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Progressive nonprofits pay for get-out-the-vote efforts for Nov. 3 Kansas election (opens the original)

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    Two “Common Sense” nonprofits along with The Voter Network are three of the four founding members of Prairie Pathways, a Kansas “hub for nonprofit and advocacy careers.” But you’ll need to be on their “side” politically for this “nonpartisan” job.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HzGx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0149cd47-33a5-49b6-bf31-6778

  4. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Nine new Kansas Political Action Committees in 2026 (opens the original)

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    PAC confusion?Political Action Committees (PACs) are organizations that raise money and then make donations to candidates and/or make independent expenditures (ads, signs, mailings) to support or oppose candidates.There are state PACs and federal PACs. A Kansas PAC can only raise or spend money on Kansas elections, like for state-wide elected officials, state representatives and state. A federal PAC can only raise or spend money on federal elections, like members of Congress or the US Senate.New

  5. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Top political donors to statewide candidates in Kansas primary election (opens the original)

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    Kansas held a partisan, primary election on Aug. 4. This article takes a look at the campaign finance records for those statewide candidates. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="379.3475274725275" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CqYY!,w_1456,c_l

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