KS: Kobach doubts impact of bloated voter rolls on election results

By   /  November 16, 2012  /  Featured, Fraud, Kansas, News, Politics & Elections, State Government, Uncategorized  /  4 Comments

TIGHT-LIPPED: Kansas Secretary of State Chris Kobach declined to comment on the potential for voter fraud associated with bloated voter registration rolls in 17 Kansas counties.

By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach doesn’t think bloated voter rolls in a number of Kansas counties skewed results of the recent election, but he blamed federal law for hindering statewide cleanup efforts.
Local officials canvassed votes from the Nov. 6 general election last week, securely cementing 2012 election results. Kobach [...]

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Court to Decide Districts, Kansas Primary in Limbo

By   /  May 31, 2012  /  Column B, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, News  /  2 Comments

By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
FAIRWAY — Kansas’ machinery for redrawing its electoral boundaries broke this year.
Few political observers, or politicians themselves, would disagree.
But even fewer would guess about how fast Kansas can fix the process or what changes, if any, state leaders will make to avoid problems later.
“Kansas’ constitution specifically requires the state Legislature [...]

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Kansas Redistricting Snafu Roils Local Elections

By   /  May 29, 2012  /  Column A, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, News  /  2 Comments

By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Candidates for the 165 seats up for grabs in the Kansas Legislature are eager to see what the political boundaries for state lawmakers and U.S. Congress will look like.
But they aren’t alone in their curiosity. An unknown number of people aspiring to serve on precinct committees want [...]

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U.S. Court Documents in Kansas Redistricting Case

By   /  May 19, 2012  /  Column B, Federal Government, Judiciary, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, Legislature  /  1 Comment

With failure by the legislature to define new election districts in Kansas based on 2010 U.S. Census data, the Kansas redistricting battle is headed to federal court.

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“Philosophy, ideology” at center of heated Kansas Senate redistricting battle

By   /  May 17, 2012  /  Column B, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, Legislature, Politics & Elections  /  6 Comments

TOPEKA — State Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook (R-Shawnee) said Wednesday the senate redistricting battle was over “big government versus limited government” ideologies.

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