From the Wichita Eagle: Wichita lawmaker seeks to rein in Kobach’s prosecution powers

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, shakes hands with Gov. Sam Brownback on June 8, 2015, at a bill-signing ceremony giving the secretary authority to prosecute election crimes. Now a state legislator has filed a bill to revoke that authority.Rep. John Carmichael, D-Wichita, said allowing Kobach to bring criminal cases has not uncovered evidence of illegal immigrant voting fraud, which was a big part of Kobach’s pitch when the Legislature granted him prosecutorial power in 2015.

“Since that time, he has commenced approximately 10 of those prosecutions, all of them against United States citizens and in virtually every instance, against folks who made mistakes in casting their ballots,” Carmichael said. “Some of these cases have since been dismissed … as unfounded, and a handful more have resulted in minimal fines against otherwise law-abiding citizens.

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