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July 6, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas group suspends voter registration, education efforts


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A voting rights group plans to pause its voter registration and education activities for fear of criminal prosecution under a new election law passed this year by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature.

The state voting rights organization Loud Light said in a news release that it will suspend on Thursday its voter its voter outreach efforts until a Shawnee District Court rules on its motion to block the law that makes it a felony to cause someone to believe another person is an election official.