House Substitute for SB 394 by Committee on Elections - Relating to signature verification for advance voting ballots, concerning court orders that invalidate or enjoin signature verification triggering a return to allowing advance voting only if certain conditions exist, establishing venue in the district court in Shawnee county for all constitutional challenges to election laws.

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The bill orders the secretary of state to publish any court decision that blocks Kansas’s signature‑verification rule for mail‑in ballots, and then changes the advance‑voting law accordingly. It also forces all constitutional challenges to statewide election rules to be filed in the Shawnee County district court. Finally, it broadens who may use advance voting and sets new ballot‑envelope signing requirements.

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