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NEW YORK 鈥� A federal court ruled that trial is slated to begin on March 6 in the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 challenge to voting obstacles in Kansas. The case is Fish v. Kobach.

The 老澳门开奖结果 is representing Kansans who tried to register to vote via the state Division of Vehicles but were illegally forced to provide additional documentation of U.S. citizenship, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act.

More than 17,000 people were impeded from registering to vote in what a federal district judge has called 鈥渁 confusing and inconsistently-enforced maze.鈥� In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that the Kansas law had caused the 鈥渕ass denial of a fundamental constitutional right鈥� and blocked the law while the case is litigated. The court order blocking the Kansas law remains in effect pending the outcome of the trial this spring.

Dale Ho, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project, said:

鈥淜ris Kobach has repeatedly tried to disenfranchise Kansans, and the courts have repeatedly blocked his attempts. We look forward to showing yet again how Kobach鈥檚 actions undermine voters and are illegal.鈥�

The court鈥檚 ruling today also prohibits Kobach from offering testimony from Hans von Spakovsky 鈥� a member of President Trump鈥檚 so-called Commission on Election Integrity 鈥� on certain subjects. Kobach sought to have von Spakovsky testify about whether the Kansas law places burdens on voters, but the court held that 鈥淚t is clear that von Spakovsky is not qualified to testify as an expert鈥� about data on that topic.