In a bizarre mixed ruling combining several challenges to a 2021 election law, Kansas’s supreme court has ruled that its residents have no right to vote enshrined in the state’s constitution.
The opinion centering on a ballot signature-verification measure elicited fiery dissent from three of the court’s seven justices. But the majority held that the court failed to identify a “fundamental right to vote” within the state.
The measure in question requires election officials to match the signatures on advance mail ballots to a person’s voter registration record. The state supreme court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged that. The majority of justices on the state supreme court then rejected arguments from voting rights groups that the measure violates state constitutional voting rights.
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Justice Eric Rosen, one of the three who dissented, wrote: “It staggers my imagination to conclude Kansas citizens have no fundamental right to vote under their state constitution.
“I cannot and will not condone this betrayal of our constitutional duty to safeguard the foundational rights of Kansans.”
Conservatives are just desperate for a nice simple monarchy.
On reddit, I got banned in the conservative sub because I agreed with someone arguing that the country should just go with a monarchy. I said after Hillary wins she should adopt AOC to take over when she dies. Do you not think about the power your giving people? What if it’s someone you don’t like?
These people are fascists. They would not be fascists if they ever believed for a moment that they wouldn’t be part of the “in” group.
Of course anyone who knows anything about history knows how foolish this is.
Doesn’t matter. The U.S. Constitution guarentees a Republic, forces the states to enforce the Republic at all levels and grants the right to vote. They can’t deny a thing.
Totally, they’re not saying they’re going to deny it they’re saying they get to keep their unnecessary hurdles, similarly shitty behavior still.
No taxation without representation.
Wait, you’re getting representation? My congresspeople don’t represent or work for their constituents much at all; they’re bought and paid for.
I’m in Texas in one of the dense blue islands in a sparsely populated sea of red, so no, I’m not represented either.
The federal one does, and it applies to all states, so… yeah.
Why would Republicans care about the Constitution? UNLESS they’re Defending a School Shooter!
Vote harderer, maybe the harderest you’ve ever voted, and make a difference. /s
Voted so hard the whole place caught on fire.
Don’t forget to vote with a brick. Make sure the brick is visible to the poll workers for additional democracy. /s
Edit: I’m not advocating for violence. I reserve the right to change my mind as circumstances change.
