On July 16, a Kansas district judge ordered the temporary reinstatement of a policy allowing advance mail ballots to be accepted if the ballots are postmarked by election day and are received within three days of the election, blocking a 2025 law that changed the deadline for ballots to be received to 7:00 p.m. on election day while litigation continues.
The same day, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab (R) appealed the decision to the Kansas Court of Appeals and, on July 20, asked the court to keep the 2025 law in place in the meantime. On July 27, the court of appeals denied Schwab's request to reinstate the election day deadline ahead of the state's Aug. 4 primary.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) and Schwab's attorneys appealed that decision to the Kansas Supreme Court on July 28. Kobach previously filed an emergency motion to transfer the case to the supreme court on July 20.
