From the Kansas City Star: Secretary of State Kris Kobach announces first conviction of noncitizen voting in Kansas

Kris Kobach, a Kansas Republican, is the only secretary of state in the country with the authority to prosecute voter fraud.Rep. John Carmichael, a Democrat from Wichita, filed legislation this year : http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/hb2014/to strip the secretary of the power to prosecute voter fraud and election crimes, but the bill has not moved forward in the Kansas Legislature.

ā€œIā€™m not at all convinced that finding one non-citizen to prosecute after a two-year search justifies giving the secretary of state what is unprecedented authority held by no other secretary of state in the nation,ā€ Carmichael said.

Read the full story at http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article144256424.html

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