Our democratic rights are facing unprecedented threats from the federal and state governments. Generations of progress to expand democracy to more people are being rolled back. The GOP in Topeka has failed in their desperate mid-decade redistricting, meant to cling to control of the U.S. House of Representatives amid massive pushback to the Trump Administration's failing policies.  

During the 2026 session the GOP introduced HCR5027. This constitutional amendment would have created an electoral college for governor elections, giving each senate district one vote for governor. This attempt to undermine the popular will, and open the possibility for the legislature to gerrymander the governor’s race was another attack on our democratic rights and a threat to the separation of powers in the state government. 

We must defend and expand our democratic rights. We need them enshrined in the Kansas Constitution so anti-democratic forces cannot easily attack them. I’m calling to add a Democratic Bill of Rights to the Kansas Constitution which includes the following provisions:

• A non-partisan commission to draw new district lines, only immediately after the U.S. Census, to take effect in election years ending in “2.”

• Ranked choice voting.

• Removing corporations’ power to spend money in elections, in line with the so called “Montana Plan” or Transparent Election Initiative.

• Join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This will assign our electoral college votes according to the national popular vote, only if most of the states’ electors are from states who have also joined the compact.

• Automatic voter registration for all eligible voters.

• Repeal voter ID laws.

• Protect early voting, mail-in voting, and early ballot drop-off locations.

• Public campaign financing.

• Establish citizen-led ballot initiatives.