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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 2, 2018, 10:58 AM May 2018

Kansas Republicans Turn On Kris Kobach, Top GOP Vote Suppressor

Matthew Chapman

May 1, 2018 6:25 pm

Few people have done more to shape the Republican Party’s recent crusade against voting rights, or have been given more power and influence to regulate the polls, than Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. But now, Kobach’s career looks like it’s in freefall — exactly at the moment Kobach is trying to unseat fellow Republican Jeff Colyer for governor.

Kobach’s latest humiliation came on Friday. After Kobach was found in contempt of court, Republicans in the Kansas House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to ban state funds from being used to pay any penalties he might face.

According to the Topeka Capitol-Journal, the ban is likely illegal and unenforceable. But the vote is a stunning disavowal from the party that not only supported Kobach’s war on democracy but handed him the firepower to wage it.

Kobach has been a formidable force within the GOP as one of the loudest voices alleging massive illegal voting and pushing for severe restrictions at the polls.

Kobach was celebrated by Trump, who has repeatedly claimed he only lost the popular vote due to voter fraud (which has been disproven). He was even appointed to co-chair Mike Pence’s commission on “election integrity.”

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Kansas Republicans Turn On Kris Kobach, Top GOP Vote Suppressor (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
About time. Sneederbunk May 2018 #1
Hopefully this will extend MuseRider May 2018 #2
That also depends on if Kobach allows them to vote KelleyKramer May 2018 #7
Its hard to not gloat about this so I'll just have to quote Malaise.... marble falls May 2018 #3
Kobach strikes me as someone who wants to be dictator some day. StevieM May 2018 #4
ACLU seeks $51K for fight with Kobach that led to contempt finding" Gothmog May 2018 #5
He is evil Demovictory9 May 2018 #6
K&R Scurrilous May 2018 #8

MuseRider

(34,058 posts)
2. Hopefully this will extend
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:09 AM
May 2018

out to the voters but I am not confident at all that they will not move him into office.

KelleyKramer

(8,851 posts)
7. That also depends on if Kobach allows them to vote
Tue May 8, 2018, 03:01 AM
May 2018

You see, that's the problem with anti democracy vote suppressors

StevieM

(10,499 posts)
4. Kobach strikes me as someone who wants to be dictator some day.
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:22 AM
May 2018

And just because the GOP lawmakers cut him loose, that doesn't mean the GOP voters will. He might still win the primary to run for governor. And he very well may be the next governor of Kansas.

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