Kansas debuts digital platform replacing 60-year-old paper-driven regulation system

Kansas secretary of state moves 60-year-old system from paper to online

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab illustrates problems with paper-based systems by showing a coffee-stained document during a press conference on May 19, 2025, at the Docking State Office Building. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab held up a stack of lottery regulation documents stained with a ring of coffee. He was illustrating the office’s outdated filing cabinet system, which is being moder…

Kansas debuts digital platform replacing 60-year-old paper-driven regulation system

A new digital platform is hoped to provide transparency, accessibility and speed to a system that's more than 60 years old.

Kansas updates state filings - The Iola Register

Kansas launched a new online system Tuesday to replace its decades-old paper-based regulations process, Secretary of State Scott Schwab said. TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab held up a stack of lottery regulation documents stained with a ring of coffee. He was illustrating the office’s outdated filing cabinet system, which is being modernized for the first time since being established more than 60 years ago, Schwab said at a press confer…