“Kobach: Okay for Poll Workers to Question People with ‘Funny Accents,’ ‘Strange Names'”

Wichita Eagle:

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has made stopping illegal immigration and voter fraud a cornerstone of his policies, and to whom the Kansas legislature has given prosecutorial powers over election fraud, said it is perfectly appropriate for poll workers to give greater scrutiny to “voters who raise suspicions, such as those with funny accents, strange names, or other indicia they might be trying to defraud the people of Kansas.”

“Look, just like police engage in racial profiling for a reason, there’s a reason we might want to target those who are different from normal Kansans for special scrutiny,” said Kobach, who has drawn the ire of Democrats and voting rights groups. Despite Kobach’s rhetoric, his office has uncovered and prosecuted only a handful of voter fraud claims in Kansas.

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