Kansas Meadowlark

People in the Kansas City area can move across the state line and re-register to vote, and unknowingly become registered voters in both Kansas and Missouri. Such folks vote in their “new” state and are likely not even aware they are still registered in their “old” state. Legally, a voter cannot vote twice in both states, but it’s unclear whether such a voter accidentally registered in both states could vote in either their “old” state or their “new” state. And who would know if they did?

A prominent member of the Kansas City Star’s staff moved across the state line from Kansas to Missouri and re-registered to vote in Missouri, but is still an “active” registered voter in Kansas — more than 10 years later. (more…)

Google Street Views recently became available for Kansas City area addresses. A recent Meadowlark report showed a number of empty lots in Kansas City, KS, where voters were registered to vote, and in some cases, were still voting. Can Google Street Views be used with voter registration lists to find voters at empty lots in Wyandotte County? [Answer: No, the Google street addresses are not accurate enough.] See the rest of this entry …

Federal law keeps many on the voting rolls in Kansas (and other states), but more could be done to keep a more accurate list, and more could be done to protect the integrity of Kansas elections. See the rest of this entry …

Update (March 28): House approves voter ID bill.