Speaker 1: Reuters is reporting that thousands of voters are facing big
Speaker 1: problems in Kansas. There in limbo, their voting privileges have
Speaker 1: been suspended until they can prove that their citizens Now.
Speaker 1: This requirement has been in place in Kansas for three years,
Speaker 1: but Reuters decided to illustrate how unfair it is, so
Speaker 1: they showcase the plight of thirty seven year old hotel manager.
Speaker 1: The guy moves from state to state due to his job.
Speaker 1: After arriving in Kansas, he went to the motor vehicle department,
Speaker 1: got a driver's license and registered to vote, and then
Speaker 1: he was shocked when he was not on the voter
Speaker 1: rolls for election. The poor guy didn't know that he
Speaker 1: had to prove citizenship. Now. According to a writer's analysis,
Speaker 1: three groups are hardest hit by the law, young voters
Speaker 1: because they don't have access to documents needed to provide citizenship,
Speaker 1: the unaffiliated, whatever the hell that is, and Democrats supposedly
Speaker 1: the other two hardest hit groups in the Republican controlled state.
Speaker 1: I guess Republicans know the secret password to get the
Speaker 1: right documents and they're not sharing it. Is that it now.
Speaker 1: This law has been challenged in court but has managed
Speaker 1: to survive. Now this upsets a guy named Pratt Wiley,
Speaker 1: who's the director of voter Expansion for the d n C.
Speaker 1: Wiley says that voting rules like photo I D laws
Speaker 1: have expanded in Republican states, but the one that gets
Speaker 1: him most nervous is the citizenship requirement in Kansas. Mr Pratt,
Speaker 1: why would a citizenship requirement make you Democrats so nervous?
Speaker 1: What in the world is there to be nervous about
Speaker 1: about citizenship