Kobach Office Could Get Expanded Power Soon
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases. Secretary of State Kobach said...
View ArticleKobach Says Kansas' Voter ID Law Unaffected By Supreme Court Decision
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters can still be enforced, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a similar law in...
View ArticleVoting Fix Proposed After 11,000 Delayed Voter Registrations
A state board is meeting to consider proposed temporary rules and regulation changes to the Kansas law regarding proof of citizenship for newly registered voters.Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach...
View ArticleKobach To Testify In Ohio On Election Laws
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to testify before a presidential elections commission Friday in Cincinnati about the state's efforts to crosscheck voter registration databases.
View ArticleLawsuit Over KS Voter ID Law Changing Courts
A lawsuit over the Kansas voter ID law is headed to federal court.
View ArticleKansas Voter Citizenship Law Finds New Opposition In Several Arizona Groups
Several Arizona groups want to join a lawsuit opposing efforts by Kansas and Arizona to force a federal agency to help the states' enforce their proof-of-citizenship rules for new voters.A motion to...
View ArticleJudge Eric Melgren To Hear Arguments Over Voter Citizenship Law
U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren will hear arguments on Friday in a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to change the national voter registration form for Kansas and...
View ArticleJudge Melgren Sends Voter Citizenship Case Back To EAC
A judge in federal court in Wichita sent back, to federal election officials, a request by Kansas and Arizona to force changes to the national voter registration form on Friday.Kansas Secretary of...
View ArticleKris Kobach Files A Stay In Lawsuit Over Voter Citizenship Law
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked a federal judge to stay a lawsuit over Kansas' voter proof-of-citizenship law while another case he initiated is being heard.Kobach filed the request...
View ArticleJudge Eric Melgren Rejects Claim Against Kris Kobach's Right To Sue Over...
A judge has rejected the claim against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.Voting rights organizations had claimed that Kobach has no legal authority to file a lawsuit to force the U.S. Election...
View ArticleNew Federal Trial Set To Hear Arguments Over Kobach's Voter Citizenship Law
A federal trial has been scheduled in a lawsuit challenging a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.U.S. Magistrate Gerald Rushfelt in Kansas City set a schedule this...
View ArticleU.S. District Judge Eric Melgren Refuses To Stay Order Over Voter Citizenship...
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Wichita refused stay his order for federal election officials to immediately enforce Kansas and Arizona laws requiring new voters to document their U.S....
View ArticleCourt Of Appeals Temporarily Suspends Kansas' Voter Citizenship Law
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended an order requiring Kansas and Arizona residents to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote with a national form.The federal...
View ArticleKansas And Arizona Ask Appeals Court To Lift Emergency Stay Over Voter...
Kansas and Arizona say they have a sovereign right to require proof of citizenship for voting residents of their states, even for federal elections.The two states urged the 10th Circuit Court of...
View ArticleACLU And Kobach Head To Court Over Voter Citizenship Law
The American Civil Liberties Union and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach are heading to court again in their battle over Kobach’s attempts to enforce a proof-of-citizenship requirement for new...
View ArticleScott Morgan: 'Duel' Voting System Will Confuse Voters And Suppress Turnout
Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s opponent in the Republican primary predicts that a “dual” voting system for helping Kansas enforce a proof-of-citizenship rule will confuse voters and suppress...
View ArticleKansas Board Approves 92-Year-Old's Voter Registration
This week, a 92-year-old Johnson County woman had her voter registration approved by the Kansas State Election Board.A law that took effect last year says people who register for the first time in...
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