Партия «Соединенный Канзас» намерена обжаловать запрет на слияние партийных списков

Политическая партия «Соединенный Канзас» планирует подать апелляцию в Верховный суд штата на решение апелляционного суда, поддержавшего антислиянные избирательные законы. Организация считает, что запрет на кросс-номинирование кандидатов нарушает конституционные права на свободу слова и политическую ассоциацию.

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United Kansas Party to appeal decision maintaining state anti-fusion voting laws TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The United Kansas Party, a political party, is looking to appeal the Court of Appeals decision on fusion voting. United Kansas, along with other voters, filed a lawsuit challenging Kansas’ anti-fusion voting laws which requires candidates to accept only one political party’s nomination and appear only once on the ballot. In a press release United Kansas said fusion voting would “allow candidates to be cross-nominated by multiple parties, ensuring that they represent a broad spectrum of voters. In fusion voting, votes would be tallied separately by party and then added together for the final result. “Fusion voting allows minor parties to organize around policy issues and influence the political process without playing “spoiler” in elections or encouraging voters to “waste” their ballots," United Kansas said. The party said it cross-nominated two-candidates for state and county in 2024 and again in 2026, both of which were rejected. United Kansas says excluding their nominations from the ballot violates the fundamental rights to free speech and political association. According to court records, the Saline County District Court found that United Kansas couldn’t succeed on the claims presented in the lawsuit and dismissed the case. The Court of Appeals affirmed that decision. The Court acknowledged the statutes do implicate (or are connected to) United Kansas’ rights to expression and assembly. However, the Court held that the burdens imposed on those rights were not severe, stating that candidates and parties have several avenues to convey their messages. Ultimately, the Court concluded the statues serve important state interests, which includes preserving election integrity and preventing voter confusion. They added that the statutes don’t violate the Kansas Constitution. United Kansas said they will be filing an appeal on the decision soon asking the Kansas Supreme Court to “recognize that invalidating the United Kansas nominations under anti-fusion voting statutes violates the State Constitution” and “require that election officials treat these nominations no differently than other parties’ nominations in future elections.” Copyright 2026 WIBW. All rights reserved.