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HOW DID THE VOTING PROCESS IN OUR BI-STATE AREA HOLD UP ON ELECTION DAY?
NOW, IN KANSAS, THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST ELECTION THAT YOU HAD TO SHOW A PHOTO ID.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THERE WERE LOTS OF CONCERNS THAT
MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE DISENFRANCHISED, VOTERS
WOULD BE TURNED AWAY AT POLLING STATIONS. THERE COULD BE MASS CONFUSION ON
ELECTION DAY. DID WE WITNESS ANY OF THAT ON TUESDAY?
NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THE USUAL PROBLEMS, THE USUAL I WENT TO THE WRONG
POLLING PLACES, AND THERE WAS SOME FRUSTRATION WITH THAT PARTICULARLY ON THE MISSOURI
SIDE. MISSOURI'S PROBLEM IN MY VIEW, NICK, IS MUCH MORE ITS ABILITY
TO IMPLEMENT EARLY NO EXCUSE VOTING, WHICH COULD SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
I DON'T THINK VOTER ID CAUSED A BIG SNAFU. PHOTO ID IN KANSAS, AS SOME
EXPECTED, I TALKED TO KRIS KOBACH YESTERDAY. HE SAID IT WENT AS SMOOTHLY AS
HE EXPECTED IT TO. LET ME SAY THIS QUICKLY ABOUT COMPANY -- KOBACH.
KRIS KOBACH IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR TOUGH IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HIS STAR DIMMED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED, BECAUSE AS MANY REPUBLICANS
BELIEVE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE LATINO VOTE. I THINK HE WAS THE ONE, IF WE'RE
GOING TO MAKE A LIST OF WINNERS AND LOSERS, HE PROBABLY LOST PRETTY BIG ON TUESDAY.
WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU SAW THEN FROM
NEWS RADIO 980 REGARDING THE ELECTION PROCESS?
WELL, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME UP. AT THE MCCASKILL HEAD QUARTER,
WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS THERE WERE PEOPLE STILL STANDING IN LINE AT 7:45.
THIS WAS IN ST. LOUIS. I WASN'T IN KANSAS CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I UNDERSTAND
THERE WERE LONG LINES THERE. ST. LOUIS ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BECAUSE THEY
HAD POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC PRECINCTS. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT HERE.
OTHER THAN LONG VOTING LINES, I AGREE WITH DAVE, NO PROBLEMS. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING
EITHER. I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW IF LOCAL CONTROL WAS AN ISSUE OF
HAVING POLICE AT ALL THE PRECINCTS. I SHOULD NOTE THAT SINCE THE
ELECTION, KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE, AS DAVE HELLING IS MENTIONING HIM, NOW SAYS HE
WANTS TO BAN VOTERS FROM TAKING PHOTOS OF THEIR BALLOTS. HE SAID HE WAS ALARMED BY THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE POSTING PICTURES OF THEIR COMPLETED BALLOTS ON FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER. WHILE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE USING THE PICKS MOSTLY TO ADVOCATE FOR
A SPECIAL CAN -- SPECIFIC CANDIDATE OR SHOW PRIDE HOW THEY VOTED, HE'S WORRIED IT'S GOING
TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE TO SHOW SOMEONE WHO HOW THEY VOTED IN RN TO PAYMENT OR FAVORS.
HE PLANS TO BROWSE LEGISLATURE TO PROHIBIT -- PRODUCE LEGISLATURE TO PROHIBIT THAT.
HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT IT. ISN'T THAT A LEGITIMATE EFFORT HERE TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN? I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
THESE DAYS WITH COMPUTERIZED VOTING, YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOUR SCREEN AND CHANGE YOUR
VOTE RIGHT BACK AGAIN AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR PICTURE. I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS BEING AN
ISSUE. I THINK KOBACH HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BEING TOUGH ON
ELECTION FRAUD. I'M NOT SURE IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
I CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE USING A PICTURE OF THEIR BALLOT AS KIND OF A RECEIPT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS IS A BIG DEAL THAT WARRANTS LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
I DON'T SEE IT. DAVE. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES,
MR. TUOHEY AND MR. KRASKE. I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE GETTING PAID FOR THEIR BALLOT IS
A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. WE'LL WAIT FOR THOSE HEARINGS
IN TOPEKA TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE. LET'S HEAD BACK TO MISSOURI.