Appeals Court Upholds Kansas Ban on Private Groups Sending Prefilled Mail Ballot Applications

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How the sides differ Right sources frame the ruling as a win for election integrity and order; alternative sources describe the legal decision and the opinion itself without that framing.

A federal appeals court, the Tenth Circuit, upheld a Kansas law that bars private parties from sending voters mail ballot applications that are prefilled. The case is VoteAmerica v. Schwab, and the opinion was written by Judge Timothy Tymkovich. The Federalist reports that Kansas passed the law after prefilled applications with errors reached voters in 2020 and strained county election officials. It presents the ruling as protecting voters from confusion and keeping elections orderly.

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

Reason presents the ruling as a legal development, noting the long Tenth Circuit opinion and the judge who wrote it.

Right FThe FederalistCourt: Kansas Can Stop Third Parties From Sending Voters Pre-Filled Mail-In Ballot Forms

The Federalist calls the ruling a win for election integrity, stressing 2020 errors, voter confusion and burdens on county election officials.