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That’s why positions such as the diversity officer are so important. They provide important arbiters and mediators for people who feel they have nowhere else to turn.

These officials must do far more than merely count votes at election time. It’s also their duty to “foster a culture where democracy thrives,” the ACLU said in the report titled “All Democracy Is Local: The Impact of County Election Officials on Citizen Participation in Elections.”

The ACLU of Kansas is a member of the coalition. Its interim director, Lauren Bonds, said Kelly deserves kudos for her attention to criminal justice reform.

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.