Legal Opinion
Fish v. Kobach
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided June 18, 2018No. Case No. 16–2105–JAR–JPO; Case No. 15–9300–JAR–JPOPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIE A. ROBINSON, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CASES CONSOLIDATED FOR TRIAL
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
To register to vote, one must be a United States citizen. The Kansas legislature passed the Secure and Fair Elections ("SAFE") Act in 2011, which included a new requirement that Kansans must produce documentary proof of citizenship ("DPOC") when applying to register to vote. These cases were consolidated for trial because they both challenge the DPOC law as a method for enforcing the citizenship qualification. In Case No. 16-2105, the Fish Plaintiffs challenge the law as it…
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