Kansas Ban on Private Parties' Partially Prefilling Voters' Mail Ballot Applications Upheld

Source Scout · Reason reports: Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent A short excerpt from today's longish Tenth Circuit opinion in VoteAmerica v. Schwab , by Judge Timothy Tymkovich, joined by Judges Michael Murphy and Joel Carson: To reduce voter confusion and increase confidence in elections, the Kansas legislature prohibited private parties from partially prefilling applications for mail ballots before those applications are sent to registered voters. VoteAmerica and Voter Participation Center sued, alleging that the restriction infringed on their freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment….

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