remember kris kobach, secretary of state. he was the driving force behind the anti-immigrant laws.ll be in cimarron to observe the swimming pool vote because that vote is, quote, the first test of a much debated new kansas law that requires voters to show voter identification at the polls. it's the first test of kris kobach's crusade, voter i.d. legislation, requiring people to show i.d. in order to vote. i understand for the able bodied, middle-aged, home owning, driving since 16 viewer. photo i.d. laws don't sound too onerous. who doesn't have a government issued i.d.? the brennan center for justice released this report on voter identification recently. they found that 11% of voting-age americans, more than 21 million people don't have a government i.d. and it can be harder than it sounds to get an i.d. in most states, you have to pay more than $20 for one. if you've never had a driver's license, in order to get a driver's license, you need other documentation. like a birth certificate. if you don't have that, you may need to spend more time and money to get one. voter i.d. laws

it's the first test of kris kobach's crusade, voter i.d. legislation, requiring people to show i. to vote. i understand for the able bodied middle-aged home owning driviii since 16 viewer. who doesn't have a government issued i.d.? 11% of voting-age americans, 11%, more than 21 million people, don't have a government i.d. and it can be harder than it sounds to get an i.d. in most states, you have to pay more than $20 for one. if you've never had a driver's license, in order to get a driver's license, you need other documentation. like a birth certificate. if you don't have that, you may need to spend more time and money to get one. voter i.d. laws are a way of charging citizens to vote. of making it harder to vote. study after study shows that voter i.d. laws disproportionately disenfranchise minorities, the poor and young people. kansas is not alone. four other republican-controlled states passed voter i.d. legislation in time for the 2012 election. south carolina, tennessee, texas, wisconsin. all five states all controlled by republican legislatures have made it harder for citiz