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With your help, we put up record-setting fundraising numbers in 2025. But the Axis of Ballot Harvesting has struck back in 2026, showering my Democrat opponent with over $180,000 in cash from the George Soros, foreign billionaires, and left-wing radicals on the East and West Coast. I need your help! Every contribution, no matter the size, brings us closer to victory. Click the button below to join me in this critical mission.
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DARK MONEY KILLED THE RIGHT TO VOTE AMENDMENT |
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The Axis of Ballot Harvesting and its allies spent $19 million in dark money to defeat the Right to Vote amendment and keep you from electing your own Supreme Court justices. This massive influx of out-of-state cash, spent on deceptive and outright false ads and mailers, makes it clear why we must get foreign and dark money out of Kansas politics. In this edition of the Proctor Election Report, I will discuss the troubling sources for the money spent to defeat the Right to Vote amendment, detail my ongoing fight to get foreign money and dark money out of our elections, and explain why we need a Secretary of State who will actually defend our election laws. |
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I recently had the opportunity to sit down with ALEC TV to talk about the work I have done as the Chair of the House Elections Committee to restore confidence in our elections here in Kansas by combating dark money and foreign influence in our politics. Kansas elections should be decided by Kansas voters, not by China or foreign billionaires.
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This August, Kansas voters had a chance to abolish the unaccountable, lawyer-controlled nominating commission that picks our state Supreme Court justices. The Right to Vote amendment would have restored transparency by allowing citizens to directly elect our highest court. It was a simple fix to return power to the people. |
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In a recent decision, the Kansas Supreme Court came within just a single vote of stripping the state legislature of its constitutional authority to write our state's election laws. If just one more justice had flipped, activist judges would have had the power to strike down every common-sense safeguard we've passed—from signature verification to bans on ballot harvesting. That's why I fought so hard for Kansans to take back the court! But we were simply overwhelmed by millions in dark money, some of it apparently from foreign sources.
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The radical Left relies on activist judges to legislate from the bench and rewrite laws they cannot stop in the legislature. So they spent millions in dark money--buying thousands of hours of false and misleading ads--to keep you from having a voice and to protect their control over the courts. Planned Parenthood and Axis of Ballot Harvesting charter member, the ACLU, funneled over $19 million into Kansas to defeat the amendment. Much of this money came from out-of-state billionaires and George Soros-linked nonprofits, many of which are linked to foreign billionaires. |
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“On Aug. 4 Kansas voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have changed how state supreme court justices are selected. The measure failed 61% to 39%...
“Those opposing the amendment raised about $13.7 million while those supporting it raised only about $3.4 million. Over $4 was raised to oppose the amendment for every $1 raised by those supporting it...
“The dominant opposition player was a progressive group (KUIC) with two very similar names, but registered in Kansas as two business entities:
- Kansans United for Impartial Courts (KnsUIC)
- Kansas United for Impartial Courts (KsUIC)
“KnsUIC and KsUIC share the same board of directors:
- Evan Gates (Kansas Values Institute employee)
- Micah Kubic (ACLU-Kansas, Executive Director)
- Emily Wales (Planned Parenthood Great Plains, President and CEO)”
Earl F Glynn
Watchdog Lab
August 28, 2026
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I have spent the last four years as Chairman of the Elections Committee fighting this exact kind of dark money and foreign influence. We cannot allow shadowy nonprofits to dictate how Kansas runs its elections.
After a Swiss billionaire poured $1.2 million into defeating the Value Them Both amendment in 2022, I carried and passed the law banning foreign money from Kansas constitutional amendment campaigns. This common-sense safeguard closed a massive loophole that allowed foreign nationals to put their thumb on the scale of our elections and rewrite our constitution. Not surprisingly, the ACLU immediately sued to stop it. They are desperate to keep their foreign funding pipelines open so they can continue subverting our elections.
And the massive influx of money into this election appears to show they have found ways to circumvent the law. |
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Last year, I passed a ban on foreign money in Kansas Elections. Not surprisingly, the ACLU and its allies, awash in foreign money, sued to try to stop me.
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Moreover, the radical Left does not just use dark money in ballot campaigns. It appears they are also exploiting loopholes in our campaign finance laws to funnel unknown money directly to Democrat candidates. Last year, I called for and led a special committee hearing to investigate the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue. We heard shocking testimony from retired data scientist Earl Glynn about a fraudulent practice called "smurfing." Bad actors use the stolen identities of everyday Americans to make thousands of tiny donations, evading detection and disclosure requirements. Even Democrat Governor Laura Kelly and Johnson County Democrat Congresswoman Sharice Davids are implicated in these accusations. |
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Earl F. Glynn spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club on the topic of dark money in politics at the club’s April 17, 2026, luncheon. Glynn is a retired data scientist who retired in 2022 after a career research and development for large medical companies. He also worked for the CIA. In 2024 Glynn was appointed to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission by Attorney General Kris Kobach. Glynn has degrees in engineering and computer science from Kansas State University.
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This vulnerability allows unknown, and potentially foreign, money to flow right into Kansas Democrat's campaigns. We must require transparency and close these loopholes to ensure our election system is not subverted by foreign interference. Now, this same network of dark money is trying to buy the Secretary of State office. My opponent, California Democrat Jennifer Day, was recently endorsed by March On PAC. This out-of-state political action committee is funded by the exact same radical Left dark money network that pours millions into Kansas to fight every single law I pass to restore confidence in our elections. |
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My opponent, California Democrat Jennifer Day, is endorsed by a massive left-wing PAC that has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of dark money support into her campaign. What do they think they are buying?
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This definitely isn't a reflection of the quality of the candidate. She abandoned her post as a State Representative after serving only one year of the two-year term she had committed to her neighbors to serve.
It's because they will have her in their pockets. She's a quitter who defends illegal non-citizen voting and is bought and paid for with dark money. How hard do you think she will fight to defend the laws I have passed to ban foreign funding when her friends at the ACLU and March On PAC the Secretary of State use that same funding to tear them down? She will simply step aside and let them dismantle our election system from within. |
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“A women-led political action committee (PAC) that has spent the last several election cycles targeting key races across the country is pointing to a string of recent endorsements and victories as evidence of its growing influence in Democratic politics.
“March On PAC, founded in the wake of the 2016 election, has built its strategy around backing candidates it describes as “bold Democratic leaders,” with a focus on reproductive rights, voting access, economic issues, and racial justice...
“In its latest statements, the PAC made clear it sees its work as part of a longer political fight, tying individual race outcomes to national stakes.
“We don’t just talk about change,' the organization said. 'We invest in it.'”
Stacy M. Brown
The Washington Informer
April 13, 2026
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I have relentlessly defended our election system against the Axis of Ballot Harvesting and their foreign-funded lawsuits as the Chairman of the House Elections Committee. With your help, I will continue that fight as your next Secretary of State. |
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I produce this weekly newsletter, the Proctor Election Report, because it's important to me, as the Chairman of the House Committee on Elections and a candidate to serve you as Kansas Secretary of State, to keep you informed on the latest developments in Kansas elections. But I also want to focus on the subjects that are of interest to you. Is there a topic you would like me to discuss in a future edition? Do you have feedback or questions on the topics in this edition? Please REPLY to this email. I respond personally to every reply I receive to this newsletter. I look forward to hearing from you!
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