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In the 2020 general election, incumbent Republican [[Rick Billinger]] 40th State Senate District was listed as a U.S. Senate candidate, as was his opponent, Democrat Larry Dreiling of Hays instead of the state Senate District. According to Schwab's office, in-person absentee voting in the 2020 election was scheduled to resume after being shut down for three days, until October 21, because of the ballot error.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-hays-kansas-voting-2020-a60330b5b304a3e9fc4f23ec46764a0a Voting in western Kansas county delayed by ballot misprint], ''[[Associated Press]]'', Margaret Stafford, October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.</ref>

Kiah Duggins, a third-year Harvard law student who was a well-known student activist and had been triple-major at [[Wichita State University]], was among seven Kansans living out of state who contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Kansas to report they had difficulties receiving their requested mail-in ballots after submitting applications in August and September of 2020. The complaints came in an election year marked by high voter turnout and anxieties around ballot access during a pandemic. The ACLU said its hotline is available for voters requesting assistance with their ballots. "This is concerning because we're seeing folks who are being disenfranchised through no fault of their own," said Lauren Bonds, the Kansas ACLU's legal director.

<ref>[https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article246811092.html Out-of-state Kansas voters say they’ve been kept waiting for mail-in ballots: ACLU], ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', Anna Spoerre, October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.</ref>.

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