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The Wyandotte County Republican Women will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Moose Lodge, 6621 Turner Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The social hour will be at 5:30 p.m.
Republican candidates will be introduced.
Murrel Bland will introduce Amy Loch, director of the Wyandotte County Museum. Loch will be the guest speaker.
Reservations are not required for the meeting.
A candidate forum will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the First Baptist Church, 500 Nebraska, Kansas City, Kansas.
Candidates for mayor and other offices have been invited to the forum. Sheriff, Unified Government commissioners, Board of Public Utilities and school board candidates were invited.
The forum has a limited seating of 75. Masks and social distancing are required for those who attend in person.
There also will be virtual access through https://live.kcfirstbaptistchurch.com/.
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/First%20Baptist%20Church/122172381126548/
by Noah Taborda, Kansas News Service
Topeka — A Shawnee County judge Thursday allowed Kansas to continue enforcing a controversial election law, rejecting arguments it will inhibit voter registration and education efforts.
District Judge Teresa Watson denied a request by four voting advocacy groups to temporarily block the law while a lawsuit filed before the statute took effect July 1 plays out. The groups — the League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed and Topeka Independent Living Resource Center — objected to a provision in the law that criminalizes knowingly impersonating an election official, arguing it has forced them to cease routine activities that could be interpreted to as a violation of the statute.
Watson rejected this argument, emphasizing that the law requires the individual to “knowingly” misrepresent themselves as an election officer to violate the law.
“Plaintiffs downplay the word ‘knowingly’ … almost to the point of ignoring it,” Watson said, adding that, “The scenarios described by Plaintiffs in their affidavits do not help them. A representative of each organizational Plaintiff stated that its members always identify themselves as members of their respective organizations and not as election officials.”
The action comes just two days after the parties battled in court over the merits of the new law, which threatens felony prosecution for violators.
The lawsuit also addresses several other provisions in the legislation, including a limit on the number of advance ballots an individual can deliver on behalf of others. The groups say these laws will make it harder for senior citizens, members of minority groups, young voters and rural residents to cast their ballots.
A separate federal lawsuit is challenging another state law, which bars out-of-state actors from mailing advance ballots to voters in Kansas.
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See more at https://kansasreflector.com/2021/09/16/kansas-judge-wont-block-new-kansas-voting-law/