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Judge Allows Kansas Law Barring Foreign Contributions to Constitutional Amendment Campaigns
- A Kansas law banning foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns for or against constitutional amendments went into effect on July 1, 2025.
- The law, House Bill 2106, was enacted to close a loophole allowing foreign influence in ballot measures after Kansans for Constitutional Freedom used foreign funds in the 2022 abortion amendment campaign.
- U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree, an Obama appointee, rejected the group's request to block the law, issuing a detailed 37-page ruling upholding the statute and citing the state's compelling interest in limiting foreign interference.
- The judge ruled KCF was unlikely to succeed on its claim and described HB 2106 as narrowly tailored, while election integrity advocates called the ruling a decisive win against foreign influence in state elections.
- Kansans for Constitutional Freedom plans to seek future funding to oppose a special election proposition on Supreme Court selection, but they and similar groups must certify no foreign money above $100,000 was received in the past four years to participate.
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Judge allows Kansas law barring foreign contributions to constitutional amendment campaigns - Butler County Times-Gazette
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Colorado Springs Gazette
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Marc Elias loses election lawsuit against Kansas foreign funding ban
Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias has lost his bid to thwart a Kansas law banning foreign actors from funneling money into state-level ballot initiatives. In May, the Elias Law Group, the eponymous law firm of the election attorney, jointly filed a federal lawsuit challenging the ban, enacted as H.B. 2106, on behalf of the foreign-funded Kansans for Constitutional Freedom. This week, an Obama-appointed judge issued a scathing ruling rejectin…
Federal judge allows foreign funding ban to go into effect - The Sentinel
A law banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution went into effect on July 1, 2025, after attempts to block the bill in court failed. Political Action Committee “Kansans for Constitutional Freedom” which describes itself as “a bipartisan coalition of reproductive rights advocates and allied organizations committed to protecting the constitutional rights of Kansans and …
Conservative Review
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To most observers, the Kansas law is not only entirely reasonable, but sets a bare minimum expectation for how American political funding should function across the board.
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