WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up Kansas’ petition seeking to reestablish a voting restriction crafted by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. By denying the state’s petition, the court upheld rulings by the U.S. Court for the District of Kansas and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found Kansas’ proof of citizenship law to be unconstitutional. The law, which went into effect in 2013, required prospective voters to provide a birth certificate, passport or other documentation to prove their status as citizens before they could register to vote, a measure th…
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