Kobach follows disbanding of Trump voter commission with charges against two voters

[DonViejo]

Source: Kansas City Star

BY BRYAN LOWRY
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JANUARY 04, 2018 03:19 PM
UPDATED 2 MINUTES AGO

Less than a day after President Donald Trump dismantled his voter fraud commission, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has filed criminal charges against two people he says voted illegally in the 2016 election.

Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor who had served as the commission’s vice chair, obtained prosecutorial power in 2015 and is the only secretary of state in the nation with such authority.

He has filed charges against 15 people since then for a variety of election crimes, resulting in nine convictions or plea deals and one dismissal. The remaining five cases, including the charges announced Thursday, remain pending.

Most of those cases have involved U.S. citizens who have allegedly voted in more than one jurisdiction rather than non-citizens, despite Kobach’s claims that hundreds of non-citizens are on the voter rolls.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article193012809.html

[klook]

1. Mitt Romney and Ann Coulter?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Bannon registered in two states. Jared Kushner voted as a woman. . . . nt

[SoCalNative]

2. Please note the following about the 2 he has charged

"Both Fullmer and McCaughey appear to be registered Republicans."

'Nuf said.

[SunSeeker]

3. Ha!

[truthisfreedom]

4. Totally predictable. Registered repukes committing fraud.

[dalton99a]

6. Figures

[shanny]

5. Well that just Changes Everything. nt

[Weed Man]

8. Kobach is a criminal.

ADX Florence for the entire lot.

[turbinetree]

9. So when a judge tells or told this jerk to comply with an order, he didn't why?

Because he is Kris Kobach, he didn't have to comply with "transparency laws", what makes him so special?


“Even after being admonished by a federal judge last week for failing to comply with transparency laws, the Commission was planning a meeting this month but hadn’t notified at least 2 Commissioners about it, who learned about the meeting from media reports,” Ho said. “Kobach’s repeated the refusal to operate openly and transparently spoke volumes about his intentions.”



http://prospect.org/article/kobach-commission-violating-law