Kansas takes vote suppression to new heights

[KamaAina]

(depths?)

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kobach-moving-forward-plan-create-two-classes-voters-kansas

Back in August, we reported that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was considering a novel voter suppression idea. Kobach has been struggling to implement a new law that he backed requiring voters to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote. As a result of the law, over 17,000 Kansans who registered to vote using a federal form (which doesn’t require proof of citizenship) or used a state form but couldn’t dig up a birth certificate have had their voter registration suspended.

Kobach said that this mass disenfranchisement wasn't a “major problem,” but he did have a proposal to deal with it: Create two classes of voters, some who are allowed to vote only in federal elections and others who are allowed to vote in both state and federal elections.

Now, the Wichita Eagle reports, Kobach is moving ahead with his plan. The Eagle obtained a July 31 memo from Kobach’s office to county elections officials instructing them to track which voter registration applicants apply using a federal form and which submit an acceptable proof of citizenship.

The Eagle explains that if the plan moves forward, Kansas voters will be sorted into three categories, each with separate voting rights. Those who provide proof of citizenship with either a state or federal form will be allowed to vote in all elections. Those who register with a federal form and don't provide supplemental citizenship proof will be allowed to vote just in federal elections. Meanwhile, Kansans who use the state voter registration form but don’t provide proof of citizenship will remain unable to vote at all.

Got Jim Crow?

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Guess he's making sure he'll never be voted out of office.

[dem in texas]

2. Would want to live in Kansas?

Remember the book, "What's the Matter with Kansas", everything said in that book has moved into other states while Kansas has gone even further right wing wacko.

[Turbineguy]

3. It's either that or cancel the elections.

Repubs don't have much choice.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Another backdoor way of nullifying the voting power of

the traditionally liberal Douglas Co. and the University of Kansas...