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Kris Kobach Discussed Census Citizenship Question With 2016 Trump Campaign

11:39pm June 07, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told House investigators he discussed the question with campaign officials more than a year before the Trump administration formally requested it.

Construction is nearly complete in New Mexico on a section of border wall built with private funds raised by a nonprofit called We Build The Wall.

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Privately Funded Border Wall Near Completion In New Mexico

12:44pm May 31, 2019

We Build the Wall, a nonprofit organization funding construction of a section of border wall near Sunland Park, N.M., said Thursday that it has 10 other sites picked out for more wall construction.

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Then-Georgia Secretary of State, and Republican nominee for governor, Brian Kemp attends an election night event in Athens, Georgia. As secretary of state, Kemp was charged with overseeing the election logistics for the election he was running in.

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Partisan Election Officials Are 'Inherently Unfair' But Probably Here To Stay

5:00am November 29, 2018

by Miles Parks

It would take a massive overhaul of state laws to make election administration truly nonpartisan. Voters say they want it, and experts are calling for it, but it probably isn't coming any time soon.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and his wife Heather Kobach, speak to supporters after last week's Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary.

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Trump Ally Kris Kobach Wins Primary For Kansas Governor, As GOP Incumbent Concedes

9:12pm August 14, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

Kobach led incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer by 345 votes, with provisional ballots still being counted. Democrats hope his controversial positions on immigration and voter fraud will give them an opening.

A federal judge says that Kansas' strict voter registration law is unconstitutional — and she also criticized Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who represented his office in defending the law.

Judge Tosses Kansas' Proof-Of-Citizenship Voter Law And Rebukes Sec. Of State Kobach

1:21pm June 19, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Kansas had one of the strictest voter registration laws in the U.S. But a federal judge says it's unconstitutional — and she is requiring Kris Kobach to take legal classes to brush up on the rules.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks in Topeka, Kan., before a trial challenging his state's proof-of-citizenship voter registration law.

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Federal Judge Holds Kansas Elections Official In Contempt Of Court

10:57pm April 18, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was found to have violated a court injunction against providing new voters with confusing and misleading information about their registration.

Six Kansas teens are running for governor, following the lead of Jack Bergeson (center). Some of the candidates are seen here participating in a forum at a high school in Lawrence, Kan., in October.

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Kansas Scrambles To Change Rules After 6 Teens Enter Governor's Race

7:06pm February 09, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

There is no law that defines the qualifications for governor of Kansas. A half-dozen high school boys have declared they're running, even though many can't yet vote.

A sign appears outside the room where the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, July 19, 2017.

'Nothing Going On' With Trump Voter Fraud Commission Due To Multiple Lawsuits

5:23am October 26, 2017

by Pam Fessler

The commission is facing eight lawsuits and one Republican member says, "We're not emailing each other. We're not conversing with each other."

A 2009 file photo of former Arkanas state Rep. David Dunn, at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock. Dunn served on President Trump's commission investigating voter fraud before dying suddenly on Monday.

A Death And More Questions For Trump's Voter Fraud Commission

4:57pm October 17, 2017

by Pam Fessler

One of the five Democratic commissioners died suddenly on Monday. Meanwhile, another Democratic commissioner complained about receiving no information or updates about the panel's work.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner (from right), Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell at the second meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, on Tuesday.

Tension And Protests Mark Trump Voting Commission Meeting

8:32pm September 12, 2017

by Pam Fessler

One witness suggested voters undergo the same kind of background check now applied to gun buyers, a function that system was never designed for.