Activists Say They'll Seek To Recall Kobach
Associated Press - Thu 06:18 AM 10/04/2012
A Topeka activist says he'll start circulating petitions later this month for an election to recall Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
A Topeka activist says he'll start circulating petitions later this month for an election to recall Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Sonny Scroggins has been holding small protests against Kobach for several weeks.
Scroggins contends Kobach should be ousted over several issues. The concerns include Kobach's work on immigration issues that regularly takes him out of state and his advocacy of a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.
Fellow activist Frank Smith says Kobach is trying to suppress voter turnout.
Kobach argues the photo ID law will prevent election fraud and says the issues raised by Scroggins and Smith were aired during his successful 2010 campaign.
Under Kansas law, recall proponents must gather signatures from nearly 83,000 registered voters to force an election.
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darkhorse
Thursday 4 October 2012 08:33 Report this comment
Do you think he might remove his campaign sign at the Exit 272 on I-70? 2 years is a long time to leave a campaign sign up. I thought they had so many weeks after the election to remove them but I guess not.
buckbuster59
Thursday 4 October 2012 16:14
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troy
Thursday 4 October 2012 19:17 Report this comment
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
troy
Thursday 4 October 2012 19:20 Report this comment
Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
troy
Thursday 4 October 2012 19:22 Report this comment
The United States Constitution, in Article VI, section 3, states that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." The Constitution, however, leaves the determination of voting qualifications to the individual states. Over time, the federal role in elections has increased through amendments to the Constitution and enacted legislation, such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[1] At least four of the fifteen post-Civil War constitutional amendments were ratified specifically to extend voting rights to different groups of citizens. These extensions state that voting rights cannot be denied or abridged based on the following:
troy
Thursday 4 October 2012 19:22 Report this comment
Birth - "All persons born or naturalized" "are citizens" of the U.S. and the U.S. State where they reside (14th Amendment, 1868) "Race, color, or previous condition of servitude" - (15th Amendment, 1870) "On account of sex" - (19th Amendment, 1920) In Washington, D.C., presidential elections after 164 year suspension by U.S. Congress (23rd Amendment, 1961) (For federal elections) "By reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax" - (24th Amendment, 1964) (For state elections) Taxes - (Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966)) "Who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age" (26th Amendment, 1971). In addition, the 17th Amendment provided for the direct election of United States Senators.
troy
Thursday 4 October 2012 19:25 Report this comment
I keep seeing the word "Citizen" everywhere I look. Citizen, noun: 1. a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection ( distinguished from alien). 2. an inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges or franchises. 3. an inhabitant, or denizen: The deer is a citizen of our woods. 4. a civilian, as distinguished from a soldier, police officer, etc.
Victory2012
Thursday 4 October 2012 20:22 Report this comment
Uhm, troy, would you tell us what you really think? And hey @buck59, I have been in stitches all day. U funny!!!
leo
Friday 5 October 2012 00:35 Report this comment
Really there's been a couple of years to get id. We knew this was coming. I would rather an actual live citizen vote. They have been telling ppl how to get id's.I would rather have id then voter fraud. Or non citizens voting.
gaspasser1959
Friday 5 October 2012 05:45 Report this comment
After in-depth discussion with buckbuster we think this Troy is politician of some sort, he knows just to much! Victory2012 That buckbuster is a hoot! I think he and I have some kinda connection:)!!
Victory2012
Friday 5 October 2012 11:00 Report this comment
@gas, your a hoot too.