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TOPEKA, Kan. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 today filed a lawsuit challenging Kansas鈥� dual voter registration system, charging it violates the Kansas Constitution and state law.

The dual system prevents qualified Kansas voters from voting in state and local elections due solely to their method of registration. Secretary of State Kris Kobach received administrative approval last week of a temporary regulation aimed at formalizing this system, which a court has already declared violates state law.

鈥淪ecretary Kobach continues to seek ways to confuse and obstruct voters in Kansas. His flagrant disregard of the court鈥檚 findings means that Kansans still face unnecessary barriers to voting. We鈥檙e asking the court to immediately block the temporary regulation and to ultimately end this dual system once and for all,鈥� said Sophia Lakin, a staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project.

Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis last month reiterated that Kobach cannot stop Kansans from voting in state and local elections simply because they registered to vote using federal forms that don鈥檛 require the same onerous documentation that Kobach prefers.

The dual system would allow some Kansans to vote for federal offices, like U.S. senator and U.S. representative, but not for their state representative, state senator, or other state and local offices.

Thousands of voters are impacted, among them 90-year-old Army Air Corps veteran Marvin Brown, who registered to vote by submitting a complete federal form. He was later told that while he could vote in federal elections, he was prohibited from voting in state and local elections unless he showed additional documentary proof of citizenship.

鈥淢y family has been in Kansas since about 1850. It鈥檚 wrong that a bunch of so-called leaders would tell me that I have to show a bunch of extra documents before I can vote. As a military veteran who fought to protect our democracy, it鈥檚 particularly offensive,鈥� he said.

At least 17,000 Kansans who registered to vote through the Division of Vehicles and were recently added to the voting rolls via a federal court order stemming from an 老澳门开奖结果 lawsuit are affected as well.

鈥淪ecretary Kobach continues to place roadblocks in front of Kansas voters,鈥� said Doug Bonney, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kansas. 鈥淭he people of Kansas deserve better, which means ending these obstructionist, unconstitutional practices once and for all.鈥�

The lawsuit, Brown v. Kobach, was filed in the Third Judicial District in Topeka.

The petition is at: /legal-document/brown-v-kobach-petition

More information is at: /cases/brown-v-kobach