In Court Documents Unsealed Thursday from a Deposition taken last year, Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, Revealed that he had every Intention of changing Federal Election Law to encourage Proof of U.S. Citizenship Requirements to Vote at the State Level.

Kobach was forced to Release a Document he had Distributed last year during a Meeting about Immigration with the Newly Elected Trump and his Top Aides Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, Stephen Miller, and Jared Kushner. The Photographed Document Kobach took into his Meeting with Trump was titled “Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days.” It included the Header “Stop aliens from voting.”

At the Deposition, Kobach said that he gave Copies of the Document to everyone at that Meeting, and that the Issue of Non-Citizen Voting was Discussed. During this Deposition, Kobach Acknowledged he has Talked about Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration with the Members and Staff of the Trump's Election Fraud Commission.

Kobach also testified that Rep. Steve King (R-IA-4th District) has agreed to introduce Legislation Amending U.S. Election Law to allow States to Impose Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements if Kansas Loses a Federal Lawsuit brought by the ACLU in Kansas.

In the Unsealed Document, Kobach recommended changing the National Voter Registration Act so that instead of Stipulating that States can Require "only the minimum amount of information" needed to Assess someone's Voting Eligibility, it would be up to States to Require "any information" they deem Necessary. Kobach's Amendment would also Add that Nothing in the Law should be viewed as Prohibiting a State from "requiring documentary proof of citizenship from any applicant." This would make the Law Proactive instead of being Reactive.

Currently Federal Registration Form says:

The information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge under penalty of perjury. If I have provided false information, I may be fined, imprisoned, or (if not a U.S. citizen) deported from or refused entry to the United States.

“To me, they really confirmed what we always suspected: that there is this ready-made plan to gut the core voting rights protections of federal law and Kobach has been lobbying Trump and his top team from day one to execute that scheme,” said ACLU Lawyer Orion Danjuma.









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