Kansas among states passing new voting limits ahead of November midterms

At least nine states enacted voting laws this year that are intended to make it more difficult for some voters to cast ballots in the November midterm elections, according to the Kansas Reflector. The laws were passed between January and May. The states named in the report are Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia. Each is described as restricting access to voting in ways that could affect eligible voters’ ability to participate in the election. The Kansas connection in the story is that Kansas lawmakers passed a voting law during that January-to-May window, joining other states that tightened voting rules ahead of the midterm vote.