Kansas voters face a November 3, 2026, legislatively referred constitutional amendment that would revise Article 5 to state explicitly that only U.S. citizens age 18 or older who meet residency rules qualify as electors, replacing broader existing phrasing. Republican legislators, led by sponsor Rep. Pat Proctor, advanced the measure to close potential gaps allowing noncitizen participation in some local elections and to deter violations amid recent prosecutions. Democrats and critics counter that federal and state statutes already prohibit noncitizen voting in most contests and that the change risks enabling stricter identification rules or suppressing turnout. The even odds reflect this partisan split, limited campaign spending, historical approval rates for similar citizenship measures in other states, and uncertainty over whether base turnout or messaging on clarification versus redundancy will decide the outcome.