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Trial on Kansas Voting Law Comes to a Close

By Kansas News Service
Published March 20, 2018 at 2:00 PM CDT
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told a federal judge that as many as18,000 non-citizens slipped onto the voter rolls before tighter rules were put in place. (Photo by Nadya Faulx, KMUW Radio)
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told a federal judge that as many as18,000 non-citizens slipped onto the voter rolls before tighter rules were put in place. (Photo by Nadya Faulx, KMUW Radio)

Kansas has some of the strictest voter registration requirements in the country. Yesterday (MON) marked the end of a trial over whether it’s legal to make voters show documents like birth certificates in order to register to vote.  Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service sums up the arguments.

 

 

 

 
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