There are a lot of requirements if you want to vote in Kansas. You must be 18 years old. You need to show a photo ID at your polling place and show proof of U.S. citizenship when you register to vote. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says the state's voter ID laws are among the strictest in the nation.
But when it comes to the rules about who can run for state office? There are no rules.
"Under Kansas law, there is no law governing the qualifications for governor, not one," Bryan Caskey, director of elections at the Kansas secretary of state's office, told The Kansas City Star last year. "So there's seriously nothing on the books that lays out anything, no age, no residency, no experience. Nothing."
Six Kansas teens are running for governor, following the lead of Jack Bergeson (center). Some of the candidates are seen here participating in a forum at a high school in Lawrence, Kan., in October.
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Two more teen boys threw hats in the ring, spurring Kansas lawmakers to try to put a stop to such youthful exuberance. Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter introduced a bill requiring candidates to be at least 18 years old to run for the state's top elected offices, such as governor, secretary of state or attorney general. And candidates for governor and lieutenant governor would have to have lived in the state for four years.
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"The secretary of state does not want there to be any appearance of a conflict of interest concerning persons who are currently candidates and do not meet these proposed requirements," he told the Capital-Journal.
He's referring to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the force behind the state's strict voter ID law, who is running for governor.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ange-rules-after-6-teens-enter-governors-race
Kobach, as you might recall was the chairman of Trump's fake "voter fraud commission" that imploded when almost all of the very few cases of voter fraud turned out to be fraudulent votes for Trump, including one by a member of the commission. :chuckle:
But when it comes to the rules about who can run for state office? There are no rules.
"Under Kansas law, there is no law governing the qualifications for governor, not one," Bryan Caskey, director of elections at the Kansas secretary of state's office, told The Kansas City Star last year. "So there's seriously nothing on the books that lays out anything, no age, no residency, no experience. Nothing."
Six Kansas teens are running for governor, following the lead of Jack Bergeson (center). Some of the candidates are seen here participating in a forum at a high school in Lawrence, Kan., in October.
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Two more teen boys threw hats in the ring, spurring Kansas lawmakers to try to put a stop to such youthful exuberance. Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter introduced a bill requiring candidates to be at least 18 years old to run for the state's top elected offices, such as governor, secretary of state or attorney general. And candidates for governor and lieutenant governor would have to have lived in the state for four years.
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"The secretary of state does not want there to be any appearance of a conflict of interest concerning persons who are currently candidates and do not meet these proposed requirements," he told the Capital-Journal.
He's referring to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the force behind the state's strict voter ID law, who is running for governor.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ange-rules-after-6-teens-enter-governors-race
Kobach, as you might recall was the chairman of Trump's fake "voter fraud commission" that imploded when almost all of the very few cases of voter fraud turned out to be fraudulent votes for Trump, including one by a member of the commission. :chuckle:
