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Nov. 16, 2018Topeka, KS | By: AP
Kansas' attorney general is arguing in federal court
filings that Secretary of State Kris Kobach should not be held liable for
exposing sensitive information about voters.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt also contends that voters have no constitutional
right to the privacy of their data.
The Topeka Capital Journal reports that Schmidt's office in recent weeks has
filed documents outlining the state's defense of Kobach in a federal lawsuit
filed in June by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The information exposed by Kobach's office for 945 Kansas voters included
partial Social Security numbers.
The ACLU alleges "reckless maintenance" of the Interstate Voter Registration
Crosscheck Program that compares voter registration lists among participating
states to look for duplicates.
Kobach is a conservative Republican who lost this year's race for Kansas
governor.
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