Tag: Kris Kobach
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Committees in the Kansas House are considering two bills that would repeal the secretary of states authority to prosecute election crimes, which was established after a long political fight by former…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The future of a much-criticized database that checks if voters are illegally registered in multiple states is up in the air after its patron, Kris Kobach, lost the Kansas race for…
The news that Sen. Pat Roberts will not seek re-election has got political pundits already positing viable candidates for the 2020 election. After all, its only 660 days away, give or take. For Republicans, the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An American Civil Liberties Union survey has found that county-level election officials in Kansas reject the notion that voter fraud is either a major or minor concern. The report released Friday…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) An eastern Nebraska city will continue paying former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach at least $10,000 a year to defend its immigration ordinance even though the last legal challenge to…
With a Democrat as the next governor of Kansas and a Republican-controlled legislature, this would seem to be an opportunity for bipartisan cooperation in the Kansas statehouse . . . right after Kris Kobach tears…
Now that Kris Kobach is on his way out, Kansas officials have rediscovered their backbones. Last Monday, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced his intention to take back the authority to prosecute cases of voter fraud…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court has cleared the way for a grand jury investigation of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobachs handling of voter registrations before the 2016 election. The Lawrence Journal-World…
Taking the high road is what got Laura Kelly elected our next governor of Kansas. She didnt accuse public schools of being mismanaged. She didnt accuse undocumented immigrants of voter fraud. And she didnt mock…
Democrat Laura Kelly fended off perhaps the most energizing and divisive figure in Kansas politics on Tuesday to become the next governor of Kansas. Kelly beat out self-described full-throttled conservative GOP nominee Kris Kobach, the…
