Kansas Democrats blow up the constitution’s unnecessary amendment as an attempt to bring GOP voters to polls – a Kansas reflector

Topeka – Reporter Kirk Haskins interviewed Tuesday the merits of changing the Constitution in Kansas with “Really, Really, Really,” rest assured that only US citizens vote in elections.

Haskins, a Democrat from Topeka, refers to the testimony of the General Councilor of the Secretary of State in the 2018 Federal Court, which found that the allegations of fraud of voters in Kansas were fake. This case revealed five cases in a 20-year period in which someone who was not a US citizen may have voted in Kansas from millions of votes.

Haskins has called on the Chamber to reject the simultaneous resolution of 5004, which will amend the constitution to voters in November 2026 to clarify that only US citizens have the right to vote.

The State Constitution is already specified in numerous places that US citizens have the right to vote, but reporter Pat Prector, a Republican of Levort, who chairs the election committee in the Chamber, said the amendment was necessary to ensure that only “only” US citizens can vote. Haskins and other Democrats have complained that the change seems to be an attempt to reach electoral activity in the next year and enrich national organizations that encourage unfounded allegations of voter fraud.

“People, we have other problems we need to focus on,” Haskins said. “If you want to pay attention to this question to accumulate electoral activity for election, let’s talk about how we can vote more accessible, we may review other things, such as ballots, opportunities for early voting. Let’s not look at something that will actually be unnecessary. “

Proctor said it was important to challenge Haskins’ “false” statement “so that it does not enter the media as a fact.” Proctor’s concern was the claim that few people who are non -US citizens voted. He pointed out that the civil service of the secretary, according to the testimony of the General Lawyer, examines 118 registered voters whose names correspond to the registration records of the driver of persons who are not US citizens.

“There is nothing more fundamental about our management and our way of life than the voter’s confidence that the election results reflect the will of the voter that every vote is reported and only valid votes are reported that their voices are not destroyed by invalid votes Voices, “Prector said. “And this is the first step in the ability to say clearly to Kanzanns, accurately and confidently that only US citizens vote in our elections.”

In 2018, a Federal Judge canceled legislation prepared by the then Secretary of State Chris Kobach to require new voters to prepare birth certificates in order to register in order to vote. Kobach, now the Prosecutor General, was held with contempt and convicted to take additional law hours after failing to provide evidence in support of his allegations of widespread fraud with voters. In the end, the state agreed to pay $ 1.9 million in legal fees to lawyers who dispute the law.

The US Civil Freedom Union claims during this case that there are more efficient ways to provide polling rollers than Kobach’s proposal, which has blocked more than 30,000 legal voters to complete their registration. The state can invest in training a driver’s license who sometimes mistakenly register people to vote when they are not US citizens.

Reporter Samantha Poet Pershal, a Republican of Paola, who was a Kobach spokesman during the 2018 trial, said during the debate on Tuesday, that as the daughter of immigrants, she knows first hand that it is “too simple to find of the voter rollers. ” Even if involuntarily.

But the proposed amendment to the Constitution will not change the way in which the voter registrations are processed. This would only add a language to the state constitution, which Democrats say is superfluous.

Reporter John Karmachale, a Democrat from Wichita, said only three persons had testified in support of the resolution. One was one of the project for opportunities for Florida opportunities, and two were from the Americans to vote for citizens, which did not identify its plant on its website but lobby for similar policies across the country.

When Carmichael Asked IF Any of the Three Proponents Was a Kansas Resident, Proctor Said He didn’t Know, “But I am, and So 46 Cosponsors for this Resolution, SOE I THINK This. “

Karmatile said he did not agree: “I often find my friends here in Capitol spending my time talking to themselves instead of listening to their constituents.”

“I think it’s quite obvious what it’s really about,” Karmacle added. “This is from a bunch of lobbyists outside the state who make money traveling around the country, ignite problems when there is no problem, and raise money on the back of people who contribute to their organizations based on anything but hearing, Innuendo, suggestions and falsehoods , and I don’t want some of the support. “

The Chamber gave initial approval of the voting resolution. A final vote in the Chamber could be accepted immediately after Wednesday. The resolution will require two -thirds from both the Chamber and the Senate to be placed on the ballot.