Judge cancels contempt hearing for Kansas…
Judge cancels contempt hearing for Kansas election official
By Chico Enterprise-Record |
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2016 at 12:45 pm | UPDATED: April 20, 2018 at 6:34 am
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has canceled a contempt hearing for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (KOH'-bahk) after he agreed to concessions that will fully register and clearly notify thousands of people that they can vote in November.
The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson comes a day before a hearing had been scheduled for Kobach to show why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating her May order. Robinson's order required Kobach to put on voter rolls people who registered at motor vehicle offices without providing citizenship documents.
Kobach and the American Civil Liberties Union brokered a deal Thursday that would allow more than 20,000 voters to cast a regular ballot, instead of a provisional one.
This story has been corrected to show that the May order applied only to people who registered at motor vehicle offices.
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