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Kobach Considering Rule to Create Two Classes of Voters

(Photo by Stephen Koranda)Voter registration applications for more than 12,000 people in Kansas are on hold because of missing documents that could prove U.S. citizenship. A law that took effect this year requires people who register to vote for the first time in Kansas to prove their citizenship. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda reports, Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he’s considering a rule that could allow those voters to cast ballots in certain elections.


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Voter registration applications for more than 12,000 people in Kansas are on hold because of missing documents that could prove U.S. citizenship. A law that took effect this year requires people who register to vote for the first time in Kansas to prove their citizenship. As KPR's Stephen Koranda reports, Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's considering a rule change that could allow some of those voters to cast ballots in certain elections.


 

Stephen Koranda is KPR's Statehouse reporter.