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Registration drives work. they tend to intercept people when they are out doing their regular business. not thinking about registering to vote and they do so on the spur of the moment, which is precisely the sort of time when you wouldn't have your birth certificate or your passport on you. do you think that is the intent of the legislation, to make it harder to register? >> well, that's not what the secretary would say, but if you know how things work in kansas, you would know that that is exactly what's going to happen. grassroots registration will almost come to a halt, and even in the driv...

Now, the secretary would tell you, oh, we're going to fix that, but it will be until probably 2019 before all renewing drivers have documents on file in the drivers bureau. snoo what do you think the practical impact will be if this does go into effect? what do you think will happen to voter registration patterns and, indeed, to voting patterns in kansas? >> well, the impact on registration would just be huge. as i mentioned, the efforts to do grassroots registration door to door, in the malls and grocery stores, as you said, that will just come to a halt. i mean, we'll be able to fill out 100...

Renewing their driver's licenses, and so if you went into the driver's license bureau to register to vote, you won't be able to do that either. now, the secretary would tell you, oh, we're going to fix that, but it will be until probably 2019 before all renewing drivers have documents on file in the drivers bureau. snoo what do you think the practical impact will be if this does go into effect? what do you think will happen to voter registration patterns and, indeed, to voting patterns in kansas? >> well, the impact on registration would just be huge. as i mentioned, the efforts to do grassroo...

Been a vocal opponent of this voter id legislation. representative, thank you so much for your time tonight. snoo thank you for having me. >> i describe this as making it almost impossible to register to vote in kansas because of what we know about how voter registration drives work. they tend to intercept people when they are out doing their regular business. not thinking about registering to vote and they do so on the spur of the moment, which is precisely the sort of time when you wouldn't have your birth certificate or your passport on you. do you think that is the intent of the legislatio...