I've never had a major problem with the idea of requiring voter ID to vote. However, in Kansas, first time voters are now also required to provide proof of citizenship to register. This includes a passport or a birth certificate. Many lower income voters are unlikely to have these sitting around and they can be relatively expensive to replace. This isn't a poll tax per se but given how difficult it could be for certain voters to get them, I think it violates the spirit of the law that prompted that constitutional amendment. (The Secretary of State also hasn't produced any evidence that immigrants are lining up to illegally register to vote, either.) I'll be honest, offhand, I don't know where my birth certificate is.
This especially looks suspicious given that some irregularities have been detected in the state's last election and the Secretary of State has \rebuffed attempts to look into it/.
(There has been some talk that Secretary of State Kobach might run for governor, but the Koch Brothers, who are very key to state Republican politics, are reportedly not that keen on his singular focus on illegal immigration as an issue.)
This especially looks suspicious given that some irregularities have been detected in the state's last election and the Secretary of State has \rebuffed attempts to look into it/.
(There has been some talk that Secretary of State Kobach might run for governor, but the Koch Brothers, who are very key to state Republican politics, are reportedly not that keen on his singular focus on illegal immigration as an issue.)
Comment