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Simpson Thacher Featured in Law360 Pro Bono Spotlight on Win in Kansas Vote-By-Mail Case
06.26.23
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Law360 featured the Firm in a Pro Bono Spotlight titled, “How Simpson Thacher Beat Kansas Vote-By-Mail Restrictions,” which discussed the Firm’s successful pro bono representation of nonprofit voter engagement groups VoteAmerica and the Voter Participation Center in a case over a 2021 Kansas law (H.B. 2332) that restricted their ability to engage with Kansas citizens regarding voting by mail. The article highlighted the innovative First Amendment argument approach that the Firm took in the case, which ultimately led a federal judge to permanently block the enforcement of the provisions in H.B. 2332 that prohibited non-Kansas residents from mailing advance mail ballot applications to Kansas voters and criminalized the personalization of advance mail ballot applications.
The Simpson Thacher team included Jonathan Youngwood, Meredith Karp, Bonnie Jarrett and Nicole Palmadesso. The Firm partnered with the Campaign Legal Center and Kansas attorney Mark P. Johnson in bringing the lawsuit.
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