News from Brownbackistan - Brace yourself for Kobach

[deminks]

http://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article23695309.html

Secretary of State Kris Kobach finally got the prosecutorial powers he wanted. Brace yourself, Kansas voters, as he’s unlikely to put them in a drawer.

Kobach is such a zealot on the nonissue of voter fraud that he didn’t even wait to start investigations until Gov. Sam Brownback had signed the bill, which occurred Monday. Kobach said three attorneys in his office will work on potential cases at least part time, and he likely will handle some as well. He claimed he’s homing in on more than 100 possible cases of double voting from 2014, using phrases Monday such as “all-time high” and “slam dunk.”

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As the League of Women Voters of Kansas has observed, the new law also makes it a nonperson felony to “knowingly” vote or attempt to vote without being qualified “in any election district when not a lawfully registered voter in such election district.”

About 30,000 Kansans are on the list of people who’ve tried to register to vote but haven’t yet complied with the Kobach-pushed law requiring proof of citizenship to complete their registrations. And it’s not hard to imagine some of them, confused about their status, showing up to vote and finding themselves in Kobach’s net.

As Carole Neal, a Wichitan and co-president of the League of Women Voters of Kansas, said in May: “It is possible that those Kansans, as well as those who mistakenly show up at the wrong polling place, could now be prosecuted for the felony of ‘knowingly’ attempting to vote without proper registration

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So, the Secretary of State gets to engage in voter intimidation, AND he gets to prosecute anyone who defies him, AND it is all legal. What would they call this in any other country?

[msongs]

1. so will the brownshirts come out soon to beat up the liberals, immigrants etc? nt

[BlueMTexpat]

2. Fascism. eom

[Gothmog]

3. Kobach is an idiot who could not find voter fraud right under his nose

[lame54]

4. it's hard to feel sorry for Kansas...

They seem incapable of learning