Tenth Circuit revives Kansas ban on prefilled voter applications

Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: The three-judge panel had previously rejected the lower court's view that a higher standard of scrutiny applied in the case. (CN) — A 10th Circuit panel on Wednesday reinstated a Kansas mail-in voting law which prohibits out-of-state groups from sending voters applications with prefilled information like the voter’s name or address, finding the “minimal” speech restriction under the law was permissible under the First Amendment. The Kansas Legislature passed the measure, HB 2332, in 2021 over the veto of Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat in a heavily Republican state with a GOP-dominated Legislature.

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