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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach voter suppression
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-kansas-kobach-20180901-story.html#Kansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach
A grand jury must be convened to investigate whether Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally failed to register voters in 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled. The courts one-page opinion offered no explanation behind the ruling, which addressed Kobachs appeal of a lower courts order to summon the grand jury, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
The high courts ruling, released Friday, stemmed from a petition first filed in 2016 by Steven Davis, a Lawrence resident who accused Kobach of intentionally choosing not to process online voter registrations and preventing qualified residents from voting in the 2016 election. The Douglas County District Court twice rejected Davis petition, saying there wasnt enough evidence to support the allegations against Kobach.
But the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the lower court was incorrect when it said Davis needed to provide specific allegations of a crime. State law requires only general allegations. The court ordered Douglas County to summon the grand jury.
Kansas is one of six states that allow citizens to request grand juries through petitions. Citizens must gather 100 voters plus 2% of the number of people who voted in the countys last gubernatorial election. In Douglas County, that is 860 signatures. Davis collected 910.
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Kansas high court rules grand jury must be convened to investigate Kris Kobach voter suppression (Original Post)
KelleyKramer
Sep 2018
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wcmagumba
(2,893 posts)1. Good...
F that sleazebag criminal kobutt!
KelleyKramer
(9,011 posts)3. He already has so many court rulings against him, he should be in jail
Hopefully a grand jury can finally be allowed to review evidence and indict him
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)2. K&R
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,941 posts)4. Lock him up!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)5. Good
Hope that the investigation proves informative.
Varaddem
(432 posts)6. Yes!
This voter suppression in so many states is a war on democracy! Theyve been winning and there should be dire consequences when the votes of tens of thousands are cut out by non working machines and voter rolls purges. Not to mention the ridiculous wait time in a lot of poor sections.I always thought it was a civil rights violation.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)7. K&R