Donald Trump is obsessed with proving that voter fraud is a huge problem in the United States, not only to justify his false claim that he won the popular vote but also, and more importantly, to legitimize an attack on voting rights.
To do this, Trump has turned to Kris Kobach, Kansas鈥檚 secretary of state and a longtime opponent of voting rights. He tapped Kobach to lead a voter fraud commission that has drawn scrutiny for , promoting blatant about supposed instances of voter fraud in the 2016 election, , and operating in secrecy in violation of federal law.
While Kobach attempts to attack the right to vote, the 老澳门开奖结果 is taking the fight to him. On Oct. 1, People Power is launching the campaign in Lawrence, Kansas. This is a movement that will work in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to promote voting rights and increased election participation. In advocating for the protection and expansion of voting rights, People Power activists will be combating Kobach鈥檚 destructive policies that brought chaos to his home state.
In Kansas, were prevented from registering to vote after Kobach pushed through new and onerous registration barriers. The over his disenfranchisement scheme and won. Judge Jerome Holmes of the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, a George W. Bush appointee, that Kobach鈥檚 policies amounted to 鈥渢he mass denial of a fundamental constitutional right.鈥�
Kobach also tried to create a two-tiered election system to prevent thousands of voters from casting ballots in state and local elections, but that was also .
When he went on a quest to find non-citizens who had voted, he was only able to convict for voting without citizenship: a foreign national who at the time was in the process of naturalization and is now a citizen.
Kobach鈥檚 prized , which ostensibly is meant to bar people from being registered to vote in more than one state, is so defective that a team of researchers at Microsoft, Harvard, and Stanford that it 鈥渨ould eliminate about 200 registrations used to cast legitimate votes for every one registration used to cast a double vote.鈥�
But none of this has stopped Kobach from continuing to push bogus election fraud myths and .
While Kobach consistently misleads the public about voter fraud, his record of dishonesty has caused him legal trouble. In one voting rights case brought by the 老澳门开奖结果, Kobach was fined for making what U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. O鈥橦ara called 鈥溾�� about documents he took to a meeting with Trump.
It is no wonder that Kobach is attacking Let People Vote, the Topeka Capitol Journal that the 鈥渃ampaign should be entitled 鈥楲et People Vote Without Showing Photo ID.鈥� Kansans overwhelmingly approve of our election security measures.鈥�
Kobach鈥檚 work has never been about 鈥渆lection security.鈥� His aim is mass voter disenfranchisement and suppression. The campaign might be Kris Kobach鈥檚 nightmare, but it will be vital for ensuring that voters are allowed to exercise their constitutional rights.
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