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Kris Kobach (R-KS) Continues To Make Up Voting Rules As He Goes Along
Kris Kobach Continues To Make Up Voting Rules As He Goes Along
Attention, citizens: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) has had another idea for a new voter registration procedure.
Thanks to the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, Kansas currently has a backlog of 19,000 people who signed up to vote last year but have had their registrations frozen because they did not provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. Last year, Kobach began making preparations for the state to have a two-tier voting system, where voters who did not provide proof-of-citizenship would only be allowed to vote in federal elections.
According to The Kansas City Star, Kobach now wants to check the list of 19,000 frozen voters against records kept at the state health department. The process would determine which people on the list have Kansas birth certificates, one of several documents accepted as proof-of-citizenship. Kobach's office would be notified when matches are found.
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Full article here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/kansas-kobach-backlog