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Convenience plays as important a role in voter participation as political passion or apathy, according to an analysis of recent state elections published today by the ACLU of Kansas.

Election officials in Kansas counties don’t believe voter fraud is a problem in the state, according to a survey of local election officials released Friday that counters Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s unsupported claims that voter fraud is widespread.

Bonds said it will take time to determine if this ruling leads to officers using their nose to justify home searches in Kansas.

The question is whether Scott Schwab will reverse the damage caused by fellow Republican Kris Kobach, who spent inordinate time in office on anti-immigrant policy pursuits.

At the Justice Department, Schlozman in 2005 backed Georgia, among the first states to enact a voter ID law, overruling the department’s career attorneys who had argued it would reduce voting by minorities.

A 45-minute wait to vote in a hotly contested election is insignificant, contends the county clerk who moved Dodge City’s single poll out of town.

A legal settlement, which awaits final court approval, resolves a class action lawsuit alleging the state made it too difficult for hepatitis C patients to receive the potentially life-saving treatments.

There is reason to be concerned, though, that the attorney general will continue to waste valuable time and money on another Kobach debacle: the requirement in Kansas law that some residents present “documentary proof of citizenship” papers before registering to vote.