the states are trying to make it harder to vote or to register to vote it this year. today with the stroke of a pen the great state of kansas became the gold standard in making it almost impossible to register to vote. kansas governor sam brownback, he used to be a senator. you may remember hem as one of the c street guys. now is he the governor of kansas, and today he signed into law a bill that requires kansas voters to prove their u.s. citizenship before registering to vote for the first time. to do that to register to vote, you are going to need to submit your birth certificate or a passport unless you have one of a list of much more obscure documents. back in february when this bill was first gathering steam, kevin miles, president of the kansas state conference of the naacp told us about this voter registration drive that had been held in the run-up to the 2008 election. voter registration drive was held at a park in wichita, kansas and was put together by a bunch of different community groups and in a few hours more
today with the stroke of a pen the great state of kansas became the gold standard in making it almost impossible to register to vote. kansas governor sam brownback, he used to be a senator. you may remember hem as one of the c street guys. now is he the governor of kansas, and today he signed into law a bill that requires kansas voters to prove their u.s. citizenship before registering to vote for the first time. to do that to register to vote, you are going to need to submit your birth certificate or a passport unless you have one of a list of much more obscure documents. back in february when this bill was first gathering steam, kevin miles, president of the kansas state conference of the naacp told us about this voter registration drive that had been held in the run-up to the 2008 election. voter registration drive was held at a park in wichita, kansas and was put together by a bunch of different community groups and in a few hours more than 350 people got registered to vote. people who were just out at the park. imagine this happening if the folks grilling burgers and trying to get people registered
the c street guys. now is he the governor of kansas, and today he signed into law a bill that requires kansas voters to prove their u.s. citizenship before registering to vote for the first time. to do that to register to vote, you are going to need to submit your birth certificate or a passport unless you have one of a list of much more obscure documents. back in february when this bill was first gathering steam, kevin miles, president of the kansas state conference of the naacp told us about this voter registration drive that had been held in the run-up to the 2008 election. voter registration drive was held at a park in wichita, kansas and was put together by a bunch of different community groups and in a few hours more than 350 people got registered to vote. people who were just out at the park. imagine this happening if the folks grilling burgers and trying to get people registered were also asking for birth certificates and passports in order to get anybody signed up. loss of people get registered to vote at registration drives like that one in wichita or at the grocery store or post office.