Kobach Says People Who Are Canceling Voter Registration Might Not Be Citizens

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By NICOLE LAFOND Published JULY 14, 2017 10:46 AM

After the state of Colorado announced it would comply with the White House’s bogus “election integrity” panel’s request to share voter data, hundreds of Denver-area residents canceled their voter registration to keep their private information safe, according to a report from local KDVR News.

But the man leading the panel, Kansas Secretary of StateKris Kobach thinks it’s just a “political stunt.”

In an interview with Breitbart News Thursday, Kobach said he heard about the wave of residents unregistering, and called the move “interesting” and likened it to a “political stunt.”

“It could be a number of things. It could be, actually, people who are not qualified to vote, perhaps someone who is a felon and is disqualified that way or someone who is not a U.S. citizen saying, ‘I’m withdrawing my voter registration because I am not able to vote,’” he said. “It could be a political stunt – people who are trying to discredit the commission and withdrawing temporarily because they are politically active but planning to get back on the voter rolls before the election next November.”




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[TryLogic]

1. We (in Coloardo) can make our voter information private.

Don't know if that is state or county wide.

[yallerdawg]

2. Well, he can't say:

"Mission accomplished!"

[rgbecker]

3. The Republican Paranoid syndrom.

We're coming to get you. We look different and talk differently. You better get your gun and carry it with you every second. We are registering vote so we can take over the country. We are going to throw you out. We're going to "discredit the commission" and take your funding. We are going to register to vote. OMG! LOOK OUT!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. I agree. A good citizen wouldn't try to hide things from the government.

No, don't make me do this.

Sigh.

/s

[Gothmog]

5. The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races

Kobach lies about everything

[StevieM]

8. Agreed. Kobach is evil. (eom)

[justhanginon]

6. Kobach says, "people trying to discredit the commission". I got news for you.

The panel was fatally discredited when you were appointed to head it. Looking at your record of aggressively trying to disenfanchise legal voters your reputation woud suggest that you have no business with anything to do regarding voting rights.

[StevieM]

7. Kobach does strike me as someone who wants to be a future dictator of America. (eom)

[keithbvadu2]

9. So, all republicans want their personal info released?

So, all republicans want their personal info released?

Kobach-Pence 'Voter Integrity' Commission Wants All State Voter Databases

Would they be ok with giving it to all political parties?

The Democrats, the Nazis, Russia, the Libertarians?

Well, if you give it to the Republicans, it's already going to the Nazis and Russia.

Yeah! Yeah! They have a legal right to it?

Should they?

[karynnj]

10. Easy way to test that

take the file of all people withdrawing their registration -- take a random sample of them -- and check out them out.

What I assume is that in a western state, there are likely enough people who lean libertarian (left and right) who would be acutely concerned with ANYTHING that puts their private identity information in a database where there is no even a signed commitment to keep that information secure and private.

As to anyone on the left - neither Kobach or Ken Blackwell are people who can be trusted. There are few things wher over 40 states stand against the federal government -- and this might be over 45!!

[maxsolomon]

11. This was precisely the outcome Kobach & Trump wanted

He's using it as proof the commission is needed and whipping up resentment with his speculation.

I can hear the Hate Radio Talking Point now: "when you turn on a light, the roaches scatter."

[stuffmatters]

12. Can the D Gov stop the SOS's collusion w/Kobach or Co start recalling its RW SOS?

Seems like you have a RW Secretary of State who's on the side Kobach, champion of voter suppression & invasion of privacy,
rather than the best interests of Colorado voters he's supposed to represent.

That Coloradans are deregistering is a seriously screaming indication of how much they feel their privacy/voting rights are being violated.

[geretogo]

13. I think we are watching this country slide into a Fascist dictatorship .

Ben Franklin said " all democracies eventually end in dictatorship " .

[Turbineguy]

14. Bullshit.

Why would anybody who is illegally registered draw attention to themselves by cancelling their registration? Just don't vote!.

Of course there are double voting republicans, maybe it's them.