Kansas Republicans plot Hansjörg Wyss-inspired ban on foreign funding

EXCLUSIVE — Republicans in Kansas plan to back a proposal to close an alleged loophole allowing foreign money to fund statewide ballot measures, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The introduction of the bill could come as early as January 2025, said GOP state Rep. Pat Proctor, the chairman of the Elections Committee and an assistant professor in the homeland security program at Wichita State University. It grew out of Republican-led concerns over the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Democratic dark money group based in Washington, D.C., spending around $1.5 million in 2022 to oppose an abortion-related amendment to the state’s constitution.