Under the updated requirement, Kansas mail-in ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted, rather than being received within three days after Election Day. Shew warned that mail-in ballots can take eight or nine days to reach the Douglas County clerk’s office after leaving the post office, and told voters that they should mail ballots back as soon as they receive them rather than waiting.
Advance voting in Douglas County begins July 15, with ballot dropboxes planned around Lawrence and in Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton. Shew also noted that a lawsuit challenging the law is ongoing in Douglas County District Court, and advised residents to check the election data dashboard on the county website and to subscribe to the county’s email updates.