KS SB394

Requires the Secretary of State to monitor all litigation challenging the validity of signature verification requirements for advance voting ballot envelopes under K.S.A. 25-1124(h)

Eliminates all advance voting by mail in Kansas if any state or federal court issues a final, non-appealable order invalidating or enjoining the signature verification requirements

Preserves mail voting only where specifically required by federal law, including for military and overseas citizens under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.)

Updates ballot envelope requirements to allow a third party to sign on behalf of voters who are physically unable to sign or unable to sign consistently with their signature on file in the voter registration database

Repeals approximately 24 existing advance voting statutes (K.S.A. 25-1117 through 25-1139) effective July 1, 2026, contingent upon publication of court invalidation notice in the Kansas Register