This law, which included citizenship documentation requirements, ended up blocking the voter registration of more than 31,000 US citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That represented about 12% of all Kansas voter registrations during that period. Even Kansas Republican Secretary of State, who championed the bill when he was a state legislator, has warned against the Bill now before us. He's warned against the bill now before us, Madam President, saying it didn't work out so well. And Kansas law was blocked by a federal court as it should have been. (11:07–11:12)
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Asserts that a former supporter of the Kansas bill now warns against the current bill.
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