Judge Strikes Down Kansas Voter ID Law, Sanctions Kris Kobach
A federal judge struck down Kansas’ voter ID law Monday and sanctioned Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, ordering him to take additional legal education classes.
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Probe of Kansas Vote-Fraud Guru Kris Kobach Will Continue
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a citizen-initiated grand jury petition can investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach on allegations that he intentionally failed to register qualified voters.
Read moreJudge Blisters Kris Kobach in Kansas Voter ID Case
A federal judge Wednesday found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for disobeying a 2016 court order on the state’s voter ID law, and spared no words in blistering Kobach and his staff.
Read moreKobach Defends Kansas Voter Law as Trial Wraps
The federal trial to determine the legality of a voter ID law in Kansas wrapped up Monday afternoon as another expert whose work was used by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to assert widespread fraudulent voting had his credibility called into question.
Read moreResearcher Takes Heat for Study at Heart of Voter ID Trial
The sixth day of the federal bench trial to determine the legality of voter ID laws spotlighted the work of a political scientist used by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to bolster his claim that thousands of noncitizens have registered to vote.
Read moreExpert Slammed for New Figures in Kansas Voter ID Trial
A heated argument between a federal judge and a witness marked the fifth day of a voting rights trial already filled with procedural mistakes by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Read moreKobach: Voter ID Law Not Discussed in Meeting With Trump
After a week of procedural delays, a video deposition of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach played in the federal bench trial to determine the legality of voter ID laws.
Read moreACLU Presses Human Error in Kansas Voter ID Fight
In the third day of a federal bench trial that could help determine the legality of voter ID laws, lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday challenged the claim of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that thousands of noncitizens voted in Kansas elections.
Read moreWitness: Kansas Voter ID Law Added Hours to Signup Process
Day two of the bench trial over Kansas voter ID law resembled day one, with a federal judge admonishing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and his legal team over matters of evidence.
Read moreKobach, ACLU Spar as Trial Over Voter ID Law Kicks Off in Kansas
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach defended his election fraud claims Tuesday in federal court, in a voting-rights case brought by civil rights groups.
Read moreKansas’ Kobach, ACLU Headed for Voter ID Showdown in March
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, champion of voter ID laws, will have to defend his state’s policies at trial in March.
Read moreJudge Orders Kris Kobach’s Voting Documents Unsealed
Two documents written by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will be unsealed, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a voting rights case against Kobach, now the driving force in President Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity.
Read moreTrouble Brews in New Hampshire for Voter-Fraud Showdown
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach set the stage for a much-anticipated meeting of the voting commission he leads by lobbing unsubstantiated fraud claims at New Hampshire, where lawmakers will gather Tuesday.
Read moreJury Clears Kobach’s Office of Religious Bias Claim
After a short deliberation, a federal jury on Thursday found in favor of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office in a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.
Read moreUncounted Kansas Ballots Fuel Fears About Kobach’s Proposals
A conservative firebrand promoting President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state did, fueling concerns about massive voter suppression should its practices become the national standard.
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Kansan Testifies Kobach’s Office Fired Her for Not Going to Church
A Kansas woman testified in federal court Tuesday that she believes she was fired from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office because she did not go to church.
Read moreJudge OKs Sanction of Kobach in Voting-Rights Case
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s request to reconsider a magistrate judge’s sanctions, finding Kobach has shown a pattern of misleading the court in a voting-rights case.
Read moreTrump Voter Fraud Commission Faces New Legal Fight
Joining a spate a legal actions across the country, two civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit in New York on Tuesday blasting President Donald Trump’s voter fraud probe as a ruse to justify suppressing people of color from the polls.
Read moreKobach Faces Misconduct Investigation by Kansas High Court
The Kansas Supreme Court’s disciplinary office has launched a probe on claims of misconduct by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in voting-rights cases.
Read moreACLU Sues Administration Over Voting Commission Transparency
The President’s Commission on Election Integrity was slapped with a new legal challenge, even as it agreed to stop using a Department of Defense website to collect state voter data as a result of a previous lawsuit.
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