Voter Fraud

Kris Kobach

The article, “Kris Kobach Pushed Kansas to the Right. Now Kansas Is Pushing Back.” was posted on The New York Times. The Supreme Court ruling is initiating a national debate over voter ID and voter fraud. There is no candidate that better defines this moment of politicized voting like Kris W. Kobach the Secretary of State. He has made his office a place for illegal immigration and restrictive voting. He has been the conservative voice on voter issues and helped states create laws on needing proof of citizenship, helped with a national hunt for double registration people and kept a Democratic candidate on ballot in order to help Pat Robert, Kansas’s Republican senator. Kris faces a difficult re-election because the people believe the Republican party has gone too far. Kris Kobach has had a great influence in many states by raising concern about the illegal immigrants steal elections. This has lead policies that decrease the turnout of people voting Democratic. He is proud of the fact that noncitizens are not a part of the voting process because of the law on paper checking. Interstate Crosscheck, another program compares voter registrations from other states to find evidence of double voting, but has come up short in finding significant voter fraud.

The article talks about the voter fraud and voter ID laws and programs being passed. It also talks about the effect laws and programs will have on the voter turnout.  Democrats say that these restrictions are meant to fight allegations of fraud are actually end up suppressing voter turnout. The check for double registration would also cause voter disenfranchisement in Kansas because many people cannot vote because they could not find their proof of citizenship. For example, senior citizens who cannot find their birth certificate and no longer have a driver’s license because they cannot drive now cannot vote even if they have voted before and want to vote.