Reuters is reporting that thousands of voters are facing big problems in Kansas. There in limbo, their voting privileges have been suspended until they can prove that their citizens Now. This requirement has been in place in Kansas for three years, but Reuters decided to illustrate how unfair it is, so they showcase the plight of thirty seven year old hotel manager. The guy moves from state to state due to his job.
After arriving in Kansas, he went to the motor vehicle department, got a driver's license and registered to vote, and then he was shocked when he was not on the voter rolls for election. The poor guy didn't know that he
had to prove citizenship. Now. According to a writer's analysis, three groups are hardest hit by the law, young voters because they don't have access to documents needed to provide citizenship, the unaffiliated, whatever the hell that is, and Democrats supposedly the other two hardest hit groups in the Republican controlled state. I guess Republicans know the secret password to get the right documents and they're not sharing it. Is that it now.
This law has been challenged in court but has managed to survive. Now this upsets a guy named Pratt Wiley, who's the director of voter Expansion for the d n C. Wiley says that voting rules like photo I D laws have expanded in Republican states, but the one that gets him most nervous is the citizenship requirement in Kansas. Mr Pratt, why would a citizenship requirement make you Democrats so nervous? What in the world is there to be nervous about about citizenship