Federal judge overturns Kansas law, says voters don’t have to prove citizenship to register

The Washington Times ^ | May 17, 2016 | Stephan Dinan

[jazusamo]

Requiring would-be voters to prove their citizenship when they try to register at motor vehicle bureaus is a burden on their right to vote, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, striking down Kansas’s law.

Judge Julie A. Robinson said only a few noncitizens have broken the rules to vote in Kansas in recent years, and that doesn’t outweigh the hurdles placed in the way of thousands of legal voters who are struggling to prove their citizenship.

States instead should rely on would-be voters’ word that they are citizens, Judge Robinson said.

“The record in this case suggests that there is a less burdensome way for the state to assess whether applicants meet the citizenship eligibility requirement; namely, by asking applicants to complete an attestation of citizenship under penalty of perjury,” she wrote in a decision that’s likely to reverberate across the country at a time when voting rights is a hot topic.

[trebb]

Judge Julie A. Robinson said only a few noncitizens have broken the rules to vote in Kansas in recent years, and that doesn’t outweigh the hurdles placed in the way of thousands of legal voters who are struggling to prove their citizenship.

Well hell's bells - if it's only a relative few of them, we need to not worry about robbery/rape/murder laws either.....

[Carl Vehse]

"There aren't enough trees to hang all the the traitors in this country."

At least the rope can be reused.

[Nifster]

For all those folks slamming trump for not being a conservative they ought to remember what W was all about. Open borders, free trade, and globalism

[Chode]

[stevio]

+1

[stevio]

I wonder if Kansas’ legislators will shrug their shoulders and happily roll along to the edicts of a tyrannical black robe?

[ZULU]

Its a start.

[sergeantdave]

A judge has no constitutional authority to repeal a law. A judge can only write an opinion, nothing more. Kansas can rightfully tell this judge to take a long walk off a short pier.

[Cen-Tejas]

.....and a hell of a burden paying your accountant and spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars paying taxes to a government who rewards you by giving your hard earned money away to assorted free loaders. Yes!...........a hell of a burden!

[Cen-Tejas]

..........certainly applies in this case!