Kansas Governor Laura Kelly now has three bills revolving around election policy in front of her after recent votes in the Statehouse.
The Senate passed SB 5, banning election officials from accepting funds except during the appropriation process or as approved by law. It also passed SB 6, banning what’s called ranked-choice voting — where voters pick several candidates in order of preference instead of a single candidate. The Senate passed SB 6 despite the fact no Kansas government uses that approach.
This follows the Senate’s passage of SB 4, which ends the three-day grace period for advance mail ballots and mandates all ballots be returned to election offices by 7 pm on Election Day.
17th District Senator Mike Argabright of Olpe voted for all three bills.
In the House, 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber of Emporia voted no on all three bills, while 13th District Representative Duane Droge of Eureka and 76th District Representative Brad Barrett of Osage City voted yes on all three bills.
