Democratic Representative John Carmichael, of Wichita, is seeking to return responsibility for prosecuting election crimes to local prosecutors rather than the Kansas Secretary of State’s office. The Legislature approved a statute in 2015 giving prosecutorial powers to the Secretary of State’s office. Representative Carmichael says only about ten cases have been prosecuted.

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