Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is empowered by the state with a lot of responsibility. These tasks represent tasks required under state law, that as a constitutional officer he must uphold. For the most part, they are simple duties that are related to notifying the public and making sure voting data and information are available.
Kobach, a current candidate for Governor and someone assigned to handle voting rights for President Trump seemingly knows how to follow instructions, after all, he managed to use a door handle in the photo above.
Unfortunately, some instructions, specifically those he is constitutionally bound to follow, well, he just seems to have forgotten those.
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TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach does not appear to have conducted any public information campaign, as required by law, to publicize the fact that the state recently shifted the election cycle for municipal elections from the spring to the fall of odd-numbered years.
Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew cited that as one possible explanation for why voter turnout in the county was lower than expected on Tuesday, when the first municipal elections took place in Kansas under the new cycle.
“We tried to get what word out that we could,” he said during a phone interview Tuesday. “I think there was an anticipation that there would be kind of a statewide push getting information out. We’ll kind of evaluate it for us, how we increase that push locally.”
That’s right. Kobach had one job: inform the voters of the fact primary voting would take place August first, and, well, he wiffed.
This is interesting considering Kobach supported the move to fall of elections in Kansas.
Supporters [of the odd year election move], led by Secretary of State Kris Kobach, originally proposed consolidating local elections with state elections and having mayor, city council and school candidates run with their political party. They contended that consolidation would bring the highest turnout.
That’s right. In the state house supporting the move of elections was Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who promoted this as a better system for voters. At the time, Kobach also contended it would make informing the public an easier task.
Apparently, so easy that.. well, he forgot.