JD Wayne --(Greg Stephens

Koch Bros. impersonators (Gary Swartzendruber and Bob Homolka) were present at Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach’s press conference Wednesday in Salina, Kansas and visited with the secretary. Check out the YouTube video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQKaKXO8A94

Kobach said they would be surprised at the grades he received at Harvard, but he did not indicate he would produce his Wisconsin birth certificate. When asked about E-Verifying cattle, immigrants, voters, and feral pigs he deferred.

One person remarked during the day long training event that the cost of implementing the new Kansas voter E-Verify ID legislation which includes statewide training meetings for every county elected official, a new statewide election committee of county clerks to be formed in the state, numerous printed publications and local events to insure training, all because there might have been 200 irregularities in the past 10 years, seemed like budget overkill. Kobach felt the state of Kansas needed to be safe and he suggested the slogan “Trust, but Verify” voters like former president Reagan trusted and verify Russian leader military policy.

In the past, Kobach has advised cities in other states on immigration policies including Fremont, Nebraska and Farmers Branch, Texas, not to mention the state of Arizona on SB 1070. Each piece of legislation generated by Kobach has resulted in significant court costs. Farmers Branch Texas has spent over 4 million defending their law with Kobach pocketing over $100,000 in defense of the legislation after he wrote it for the city of 27,000 residents.

Kansas is in the process of implementing a new much more restrictive voter ID program proposed by Kobach.

JD Wayne
Salina, Kansas