Senate's advance ballot deadline bill hijacked to forbid use of technology to vote, count ballots • Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson expressed empathy with Republican senators eager for sweeping change to Kansas election security law, but cautioned against weighing down the Senate’s reform bill to the point it became veto bait for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Masterson, the Andover Republican, said an amendment offered by GOP Sen. Mark Steffen of Hutchinson ending use of electronic equipment to cast votes and count ballots would be an albatross if added to Senate Bill 365. Until Steffen went to work, the bill was limited to ending the three-day...