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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:00 PM Jun 2012

Kobach faces hostile questioning at Wichita meeting

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach faced hostile questioning and frequent interruptions during a public meeting he held Thursday afternoon in Wichita to discuss new voter laws passed last year by state legislators.

About 30 people attended the meeting at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center, 7001 W 21st St. Most of those who spoke accused Kobach, who had sought the changes, of using a relatively small number of suspected cases of voter fraud to make the voting process more complicated and inconvenient in order to suppress voting by some segments of the population, including the poor, elderly and minorities.

Kobach denied that suppressing votes was his goal, and he argued that the changes would be easy to comply with.

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One man said he was troubled more by the hassle and inconvenience the new laws will cause, resulting in voter suppression, than by a few fraudulent voters.

He received applause when he said, “It’s not the job of government to mess people up and dictate to us. It’s to facilitate and serve the people, and it’s about time the Kansas government started doing that and make this stuff go away.”




Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/31/2355482/kobach-faces-hostile-questioning.html#storylink=omni_popular#storylink=cpy

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Kobach faces hostile questioning at Wichita meeting (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 OP
k rhett o rick Jun 2012 #1
That's a quote I'll use. rgbecker Jun 2012 #2
It's time to vote these psychopaths out of office permanently. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #3

rgbecker

(4,820 posts)
2. That's a quote I'll use.
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:53 PM
Jun 2012

“It’s not the job of government to mess people up and dictate to us. It’s to facilitate and serve the people, and it’s about time the Kansas government started doing that and make this stuff go away.”

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
3. It's time to vote these psychopaths out of office permanently.
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:58 PM
Jun 2012

Then we must teach an entire generation of children how to recognize sociopathy and pschopathy and teach them to teach their children, so this DOES NOT happen again.

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