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May 21, 2025 | By: Associated Press
A group that successfully defeated an anti-abortion ballot measure in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law aimed at curbing foreign influence in elections, saying it violates free speech rights and would keep the group from waging future campaigns.
Kansans for Constitutional Freedom argues that the law taking effect July 1 is a direct response to the decisive August 2022 statewide vote against a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have allowed the Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion.
The group led the “no” campaign, and its largest single donor was the Sixteen Thirty Fund, tied to a Swiss billionaire who lives in Wyoming and finances liberal causes.
The Kansas group filed its lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas.
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