Kansas Driver’s License has enough info to change online voter registration

By   /  July 31, 2010  /  Column A, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, Politics & Elections, Voter Registration  /  2 Comments

The Kansas Driver’s License has all the information needed to change voter registration online:  the name, driver’s license number and birth date.
We asked election officials, Secretary of State Candidates and academics for their thoughts about these questions:

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126,000 voters with unknown or invalid mailing addresses in Kansas

By   /  July 31, 2010  /  Column A, Federal Government, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, Politics & Elections, Voter Registration  /  8 Comments

On June 16, 2010 Kansas had about 126,000 voters with unknown or invalid mailing addresses — the so-called “inactive” voters.
Analysis from past years suggests that less than 1 percent of inactive voters normally vote in an August Primary, but about 10 percent vote in a November General election.  This means that about 100 “inactive” voters [...]

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