Kansas Appleseed v. Schwab, Kansas Court of Appeals No. 130,839, Order Denying Renewed Motion to Stay (Oct. 2, 2026)

The file-stamped order, retrieved 2026-10-13 from the PDF Democracy Docket hosts on its case page; not located on kscourts.gov or CourtListener. Text extracted and the download watermark stripped. The order names the October 14 ballot-mailing date and the November 3 election, and says it “does not forecast the ultimate disposition of the appeal.”

Quoted in the alert, verbatim: “If the injunction remains in place through the November election, the State will temporarily continue administering the ballot-receipt rule that has existed since 2017 and that governed the August 2026 primary.” (pp. 5 to 6) · “may reasonably rely on the temporary injunction” (p. 6; the source continues “—and the rule that governed the August primary—when mailing an advance ballot by Election Day.”) · “Our decision today does not forecast the ultimate disposition of the appeal.” (p. 8) · “will contact the parties about setting a date for oral arguments” (p. 8).

Added at the balance gate, verbatim: “For about 40 years, K.S.A. 25-1132 required that advance-voting ballots must be received by a county election office by Election Day to be counted.” · the Secretary’s grounds as the court summarizes them: “misapplied Kansas constitutional law, improperly sustained a facial challenge to a generally applicable ballot-receipt deadline, and entered relief broader than Kansas law permits.” · “The Secretary correctly observes that the State has an important interest in administering elections under laws enacted by the legislature.”