TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top election official argued Tuesday that going in person to the polls is "a community event" for many voters and that moving solely to mail ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic would create confusion.

Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab is well along in his plans to equip every polling place with two plexiglass screens for the Aug. 4 primary election — less than five weeks after Democrats held a presidential primary only by mail that went relatively smoothly. Schwab plans to give voters disposable stylus pens and hand out $1 million in personal protec...