Kobach concedes Kan. voter-citizenship plan dead

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: Kansas City Star

TOPEKA, KAN. -- Secretary of State Kris Kobach conceded Thursday that Kansas won't require first-time voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship ahead of this year's elections because the Senate's top leader effectively killed the proposal.

Kobach, who pushed the proposal, declared it dead after Senate President Steve Morris assigned the legislation to a hostile committee. The House passed the bill Wednesday, and Kobach had hoped Morris would bypass a committee review, making an up-or-down vote possible in the Senate to determine whether the bill went to Gov. Sam Brownback.

Kansas has a proof-of-citizenship rule for people registering to vote for the first time, but it doesn't take effect until Jan. 1, 2013. Kobach wanted the rule in place June 15, which he said would be in time for the normal surge of registrations before a presidential election.

Critics of the rule believe it will suppress voter turnout, particularly among poor, minority and elderly voters and college students.



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Kris Kobach is on my top ten list of Republicans I loathe.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Kris Kobach and his ilk are a disease in Kansas. He's a poisonous racist, opportunist. n/t

[lark]

2. Do you live in Kansas?

From my viewpoint down here in FL, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Dick Cheney & Karl Rove are the 6 worst Repugs. Of course, Coulter, Malkin, Hannity, Limpballs, Kaisch in Ohio, Paul Ryan, are also in the running for worst human beings too.

[Seedersandleechers]

3. I live across the street from Kansas.

Really, I walk out my front door, walk half-way across the street and I'm in Kansas. Close enough though.

[KansDem]

4. Kris Kobach is a coward.

He was supposed to attend a forum on voter I.D. legislation at Kansas City Kansas Community College. It was to take place on March 29. There was going to be a three-member panel discussing this issue. Those members were:

Kris Kobach, KS Secretary of State;
Jessica Piedra, President of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations;
Marc Wilson, Former KS Securities Commissioner.

He backed out when he found out who the other panel members were going to be. Word had it he didn't want to go toe-to-toe with one particular member in a public forum.

What a coward!

[Iliyah]

5. If these goppers get everything they want

they will overturn all the voting rights for minorities and women, and I'm speaking from fact. Unions will be no more and the American public will be f**cked while the 1% enjoy even more so their lifestyles.

Gopper know that if a large portion of the American Public votes, they will lose. Goppers don't care about democracy. When goppers spout out about Dem being Nazi like just remember they are talking about themselves.