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ACLU Sues Kansas Over Voting Rule for State, Local Races
Source: Associated Press
ACLU Sues Kansas Over Voting Rule for State, Local Races
By ROXANA HEGEMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS WICHITA, Kan. — Jul 19, 2016, 1:36 PM ET
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a Kansas election rule that could throw out thousands of votes in state and local races by people who registered at motor vehicle offices or used a federal form without providing documents proving U.S. citizenship.
The temporary rule, sought by Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach and approved last week by the State Rules and Regulation Board, will count votes only for federal races by that segment of new Kansas voters through Nov. 8, the date of the general election.
It comes in response to a federal judge's recent decision that voters do not need to show citizenship papers to register for federal elections as required by a 2013 Kansas law.
If allowed to stand, thousands of Kansas voters will be denied their right to vote in state and local elections in a year when all 165 seats of the Kansas Legislature are up for election, the ACLU argued in its lawsuit.
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By ROXANA HEGEMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS WICHITA, Kan. — Jul 19, 2016, 1:36 PM ET
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a Kansas election rule that could throw out thousands of votes in state and local races by people who registered at motor vehicle offices or used a federal form without providing documents proving U.S. citizenship.
The temporary rule, sought by Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach and approved last week by the State Rules and Regulation Board, will count votes only for federal races by that segment of new Kansas voters through Nov. 8, the date of the general election.
It comes in response to a federal judge's recent decision that voters do not need to show citizenship papers to register for federal elections as required by a 2013 Kansas law.
If allowed to stand, thousands of Kansas voters will be denied their right to vote in state and local elections in a year when all 165 seats of the Kansas Legislature are up for election, the ACLU argued in its lawsuit.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/aclu-sues-tiered-elections-planned-kansas-40701508