House bill would designate Shawnee County as venue for all challenges to Kansas election laws

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 942

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office wants to block voting rights groups from “forum shopping” legal challenges to election laws by requiring such cases to be filed in Shawnee County District Court, a forum that is often favorable to Republicans.

During a Tuesday hearing on House Bill 2569, Rep. Pat Proctor, the Leavenworth Republican who chairs the House Elections Committee, and J. Christian Adams, president of a Virginia-based conservative legal group, vented …

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