Attorney General Alan Wilson joins effort to protect election integrity

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 17-state effort to protect election integrity. He joined a friend-of-the-court brief in a Kansas case that’s before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Kansas passed a law prohibiting groups from sending pre-filled ballot applications to registered voters. The law prohibits groups from sending partially or fully completed advanced ballot applications to registered voters for the voters to submit themselves.

“We must protect the integrity of our elections, and allowing organized groups to pre-fill ballot applications and directly solicit them to registered voters creates real potential for election interference, which we will not stand for,” Attorney General Wilson said. “The Constitution gives the states the authority to regulate the ‘times, places, and manner’ of elections, so we’re also defending state sovereignty in this case.”

The case is before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals because the district court blocked Kansas’s law from taking effect. The attorneys general write in their brief that, “Kansas presented ample evidence of problems with pre-filled applications in 2020: duplicate applications, inaccurate information, and voter confusion.” They’re asking the Court of Appeals to reverse the district court’s ruling and uphold states’ authority to take action to prevent election problems.

Joining Attorney General Wilson in the brief are the attorneys general of Oklahoma, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

You can read the brief here.