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Kansas judge extends voting rights for those registered at motor vehicle offices
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Tue Sep 27, 2016 | 6:17pm EDT
Kansas judge extends voting rights for those registered at motor vehicle offices
A Kansas judge extended voting rights through the Nov. 8 election of about 17,500 people who registered to vote at motor vehicle offices, court documents showed on Tuesday in one of the cases highlighting a political battle over identification laws enacted in Republican-led states.
The ruling impacts people who submitted voter applications through Kansas motor vehicle offices but failed to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. The ruling by Judge Larry Hendricks of the third judicial court in Shawnee, Kansas, extends the temporary injunction he issued last month.
Under a state law that took effect in 2013, they were required to present a document such as a birth certificate.
The judge's ruling made on Friday said that the Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, must instruct election officials to allow the around 17,500 residents to "...vote for all offices on the ballot and to count all the votes cast on that ballot."
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Kansas judge extends voting rights for those registered at motor vehicle offices
A Kansas judge extended voting rights through the Nov. 8 election of about 17,500 people who registered to vote at motor vehicle offices, court documents showed on Tuesday in one of the cases highlighting a political battle over identification laws enacted in Republican-led states.
The ruling impacts people who submitted voter applications through Kansas motor vehicle offices but failed to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. The ruling by Judge Larry Hendricks of the third judicial court in Shawnee, Kansas, extends the temporary injunction he issued last month.
Under a state law that took effect in 2013, they were required to present a document such as a birth certificate.
The judge's ruling made on Friday said that the Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, must instruct election officials to allow the around 17,500 residents to "...vote for all offices on the ballot and to count all the votes cast on that ballot."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-voterid-idUSKCN11X2LT
