KS Fair Maps

Kansans Won't Forget

We knew it was going to be a hard fight. For nearly a year KS Fair Maps partners have been organizing, messaging, training, and preparing for a redistricting process that would ultimately be decided by the KS Supreme Court. We're proud of what we accomplished - hundreds of pieces of testimony collected, dozens of media pieces calling for fair maps, a successful case in district court, and all of YOUR voices calling for fair maps - but we're still disappointed in the result.

We're also mad.

Kansans deserve a redistricting process that is transparent and maps that are fair. What we got instead was a secretive process and gerrymandered maps that will dilute the votes of minority voters for the next 10 years. 

We've taken a couple of days to reflect, and we're gearing up for the next steps. But in the meantime, we wanted to connect with you. We have a couple of things we want you to know.

Thank you. Seriously, THANK YOU. You showed up at every opportunity to  speak up for fair maps. The amount of public testimony that could be cited was critical for the win in the district court, and we couldn't have done that without you.

Let your legislator know that you're still watching. What happened in the Statehouse was an egregious display of partisan gamesmanship. Email your legislator now - before the session ends on Monday - and let them know that gerrymandering is wrong and we will not forget their role in drawing fair maps.

It's time to get out the vote! We have HUGE elections coming this summer and fall for constitutional amendments, the State House, and local offices, and the filing deadline for candidates is next month. We need good candidates to run in these newly drawn districts, and voters to turn out in both August and November. 

We're here for you. KS Fair Maps partners are organizing, advocating, and educating voters. We invite you to join us by contacting any of our organizations and getting involved in these efforts.

Thank you again for being part of this momentous effort to bring fair maps to Kansas, and stay tuned. There's still lots of work to do, and we hope you'll be there fighting right beside us.

KS Fair Maps Coalition

The KS Fair Maps Coalition is a nonpartisan grassroots education and engagement effort by organizations and individuals who want to see an equitable redistricting process that:

• • • • is accessible to all Kansans and allows for meaningful participation regardless of location, ability, language, etc
      • is free of partisan tactics and bias
      • results in districts of equal population based on constitution, law, and communities of interest.

Coalition partners include (in alphabetical order): from the 2021-2022 cycle

• • • • ACLU of Kansas
      • Equality Kansas
      • Kansas African American Affairs Commission
      • Kansas Action for Children
      • Kansas Appleseed
      • Kansas Civic Engagement Table
      • Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns
      • Kansas Interfaith Action
      • Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission
      • League of Women Voters of Kansas
      • Loud Light
      • Mainstream Coalition
      • The Voter Network
      • Working Kansas Alliance

• 5.16.22
  • Kansas Supreme Court oral arguments at 9:00 am
•  5.9.22
  • Kansas Supreme Court deadline to submit written View of Interested Person statement by 5:00 pm
• 4.29.22
  • Kansas Supreme Court deadline to Motion to Intervene or Motion to file an Amicus Brief by 5:00 pm
• 4.28.22
  • Attorney General Schmidt filed a petition with Kansas Supreme Court to determine validity of state legislative maps (Freestate 3f House map and Liberty 4 Senate map)
• 4.21.22
  • Secretary of State filed SB 563 in the Kansas Register
• 4.15.22
  • Governor Kelly signed SB 563
• 4.8.22
  • SB 563 enrolled and presented to the Governor
• 3.30.22
  • Conference committee report adopted, House vote 83:40, Senate vote 31:8
    • Bundles Apple 7, Freestate 3f, and Liberty 4 maps into substitute for SB 563.
• 3.29.22
  • Conference Committee on Senate and House Redistricting appointed for Apple 7 State Board of Education map
• 3.29.22
  • Senate Committee on Redistricting passes substitute for Apple (now Apple 7)
  • Senate Committee of the Whole suspends the rules for emergency final action to pass Apple, 31:8
• 3.28.22
  
  • Senate Committee on Redistricting hearing on Apple State Board of Education map
• 3.23.22
  • House Committee of the Whole final vote on Freestate 3f House map, 112:10
• 3.22.22
  • House Committee of the Whole passes Freestate 3f House map
• 3.21.22
  • State Board of Education map introduced in Senate Ways and Means committee 
    • Apple, SB 577
• 3.18.22
  • House Committee on Redistricting passes substitute for Freestate 3 (now Freestate 3f) House map
• 3.17.22
  • Senate Committee of the Whole final vote on Liberty 3 Senate map, 28:8
• 3.16.22
  • House Committee on Redistricting hearing on map (Freestate 3)
  • Senate Committee of the whole passes Liberty 3 Senate map
• 3.15.22
  • Senate Committee on Redistricting hearing on maps (Liberty 2 only)
    • Committee passes substitute for Liberty 2 (now Liberty 3)
    • Committee announced the scheduled 3.16 hearing for Eisenhower and Freedom was canceled
  • Senate map introduced in Senate Federal and State Affairs committee
    • Freestate 1
  • Shapefiles (full data sets) made available to members of the KS Fair Maps coalition for Liberty 3 Senate map and Freestate 3 House map.
• 3.14.22
  • House maps introduced in House Federal and State Affairs committee
    • Freestate 3, HB 2737
    • House Committee on Redistricting Chair Rep Chris Croft announces that written testimony will be accepted indefinitely (no deadline).
  • Senate map introduced in Senate Federal and State Affairs committee 
    • Freedom, SB 566
• 3.10.22
  • Senate maps introduced in Senate Federal and State Affairs and Ways and Means committees
    • Eisenhower, SB 561
    • Bluestem Senate, SB 562, League of Women Voters of Kansas map
    • Liberty 2, SB 563