Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and providing a conditional amendment to limit advance voting if a court order invalidates or enjoins the signature verification requirement.

What it does: Requires lawsuits claiming a statewide election law violates the U.S. or Kansas Constitution to be heard in Shawnee County district court, and, if a court blocks mail-ballot signature checks, limits mail voting to voters who are away, ill, disabled, religiously unable or working the polls. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Conference Committee Report was adopted

A yes vote adopted the conference committee report on HB 2569, which requires election-law constitutional challenges to be filed in Shawnee County and limits mail advance voting if signature-verification requirements are invalidated by a court. (AI-written)

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