Kansas Court Scrubs Democrat Chad Taylor From Ballot for U.S. Senate
Demonstrating once more why Kansas needs a new Secretary of State.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach isn’t giving up yet.
The state Supreme Court Thursday ordered him to strike Democrat Chad Taylor from the November ballot for U.S. Senate, ruling Taylor had complied with state law allowing a candidate to withdraw.
Just a few minutes later, Kobach — a Republican — said he’ll tell the Kansas Democratic party to pick a replacement by noon Sept. 26.
It wasn’t immediately clear how Kobach can force Democrats to pick another Senate nominee. Kobach had asked the state Supreme Court to consider such an order in Thursday’s ruling, but the judges said Democrats weren’t a part of the case.
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