A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision that a Kansas voting law, crafted by conservative hardliner and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, is unconstitutional and violates the National Voter Registration Act
The law, which took effect in 2013, required anyone who registers to vote in the state to provide documentation of US citizenship such as a birth certificate or a passport.The decision is the latest in a series of defeats for the legislation, which, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, blocked more than 30,000 Kansans from registering to vote.A federal district court had struck down the law after finding that it violated the Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act.
" Kelly suggested that the state drop any further appeals of the law but noted that the"decision is not up to me."The law has spent many years under judicial review. In April 2018, a federal judge found Kobach in contempt of court for failing to comply with court orders in a case challenging the voting law. Two years prior, the same judge had ruled Kansas could not require people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote in certain circumstances.
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