Last week a temporary solution in court granted about 17,500 people the right to vote this Election Day thanks to the efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and the ACLU had been in a court battle over the state’s law requiring people to prove they are American citizens if they want to register to vote while applying for a driver’s license. Kansas has one of the strictest voter identification laws in the country. However, this deal will allow people who did not provide proof of citizenship to vote on November 8 with a standard ballot instead of a provisional one.
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