Kansas Mail Ballots in Legal Crosshairs | Topeka News

Topeka News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Kansas election officials are keeping late mail-in ballots in the count for now, after a Douglas County judge blocked a new law that would have ended the grace period. The law, Senate Bill 4, was designed to stop counting ballots arriving after Election Day—but groups like Kansas Appleseed and the Disability Rights Center argue it’s unconstitutional. State officials are pushing back hard: Secretary of State Scott Schwab has appealed the ruling, and Attorney General Kris Kobach is demanding the Kansas Supreme Court intervene, calling the judge’s decision poorly reasoned and disruptive. Even…