By Sherman Smith, The Topeka Capital-Journal
The ACLU said Kobach’s reckless maintenance of the system makes him personally liable, as well as the state of Kansas. Earlier this month, a federal court judge rejected an argument by the attorney general’s office that the lawsuit should be dismissed because voters have no right to privacy for the information in their registration record.
Judge Daniel Crabtree said he was rejecting the argument “because its basic premise is wrong.”