Elections Committee

I have served on the Kansas State Election Committee since 2025.  Our mission is protecting election integrity. strengthening the election process and working to give Kansas voters confidence in their elections.

2025 Election Committee Accomplishments

• HB 2016 — Election Integrity & Military Poll Workers -- Strengthened voter-registration maintenance by allowing county election officials to use private online funeral-home obituaries when removing deceased voters from registration records. The law also protects the ability of active-duty military members, their spouses and dependents who are U.S. citizens to serve as poll workers without being disqualified because of residency or voter-registration status.
• HB 2020 — Voter Registration Verification -- Requires quarterly information concerning certain noncitizens who receive Kansas driver's licenses to be provided to the Secretary of State for comparison with voter-registration records.
• HB 2022 — Special Election Reform -- Clarified the timing of special elections to help prevent conflicts with primary and general elections and make election administration more predictable.
• HB 2106 — Protecting Kansas Elections from Foreign Influence -- Prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions or expenditures to support or oppose proposed amendments to the Kansas Constitution.
• HB 2206 — Campaign Finance & Governmental Ethics Reform -- Renamed the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission as the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission and strengthened campaign-finance disclosure and accountability requirements, including requirements involving independent expenditures and campaign accounts.
• SB 4 — Advance Ballot Deadline --Established a 7:00 p.m. Election Day deadline for the receipt of advance voting ballots. The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto to enact this reform.
• SB 5 — Legislative Oversight of Federal Election Funding -- Requires legislative approval before certain federal funds may be used for Kansas elections or election-related activities. The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto to enact the measure.
• SB 6 — No Ranked-Choice Voting -- Prohibits ranked-choice voting methods for conducting Kansas elections, ensuring Kansas elections continue to use a straightforward voting system.
• SB 105 — Filling Vacancies in Certain Statewide Offices -- Established a legislative nomination process for filling vacancies in the offices of U.S. Senator, State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner.

2026  Accomplishments

• HB 2437 — SAVE Kansas Act - Strengthened voter-registration verification by requiring Kansas to conduct periodic comparisons of voter-registration records with the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. The law also addresses removal of individuals who are disqualified from voting and establishes additional safeguards involving voter-registration websites. The Governor vetoed the bill, but the Legislature overrode the veto.
• HB 2447 — Presidential Preference Primary - Established a presidential preference primary in Kansas beginning in 2028 and every four years thereafter, giving Kansas voters a state-administered opportunity to participate in selecting presidential nominees.
• HB 2452 — Moving Municipal Elections to Even-Numbered Years - Moves cities, school district, community college and certain other municipal elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2028, bringing many local elections into the same election cycle as state and federal elections.