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There is a court case going on in Kansas over voter disenfranchisement and when I read about the research that was done the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
“that a vast majority of Kansas residents have access to the documents required by the law and the small number who don't…” so what is an acceptable limit of disenfranchise voters? 1 percent? 10 percent? I think one voter is one too many disenfranchise voter.
What about if that they are all minorities, is that acceptable?
What about if that they are all from one party, is that acceptable?
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There is a court case going on in Kansas over voter disenfranchisement and when I read about the research that was done the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
Testimony Ends in Kansas Voting Law Trial; No Opinion YetThis is what got my hackles up.
An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union says a Kansas voter registration law enacted in 2013 has stopped thousands of eligible citizens from voting and will damage the election process if it is allowed to stand.
US News
By Margaret Stafford, Associated Press
March 19, 2018
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas voter registration law enacted in 2013 has stopped thousands of eligible citizens from voting and will damage the election process if it is allowed to stand, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union argued Monday as testimony ended after seven, often-contentious days in a federal bench trial.
ACLU attorney Dale Ho said during closing arguments that the hordes of noncitizens accused of illegally registering to vote and stealing elections by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach "are not real." He derided one of Kobach's frequent statements that the 129 noncitizens he says have registered to vote in Kansas are "just the tip of the iceberg."
"The iceberg, on close inspection your honor, is more of an ice cube," said Ho, who urged U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to find that the law will not be imposed in Kansas.
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In his closing, Kobach argued that the plaintiffs had not proven the law undermines the election process. His team has argued throughout the legal case that a vast majority of Kansas residents have access to the documents required by the law and the small number who don't have several methods in which they can get off the suspended list and complete their registrations.
“that a vast majority of Kansas residents have access to the documents required by the law and the small number who don't…” so what is an acceptable limit of disenfranchise voters? 1 percent? 10 percent? I think one voter is one too many disenfranchise voter.
What about if that they are all minorities, is that acceptable?
What about if that they are all from one party, is that acceptable?
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