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Appeals court sympathetic to voter form challenge By Sam Hananel Associated Press
Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday seemed likely to side with voting rights groups seeking to block Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. Judges hearing arguments in the case considered whether to overturn a decision by a U.S. election official who changed the form’s proof-of-
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The change clearly adds to the tasks to be performed to get someone registered.” — Judge Stephen Williams
citizenship requirements at the behest of the three states, without public notice. The dispute is part of a slew of challenges this year that civil rights groups have brought against various state voting laws they claim are designed to dampen turnout among minority groups that tend to favor Democrats. Those challengers have already succeeded in stopping voter ID requirements
in North Carolina and Texas and restrictions elsewhere. In the citizenship case, a coalition including the League of Women Voters and civil rights groups say the requirement to show proof undermines efforts to register new voters and deprives eligible voters of the right to vote in federal elections.
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The University of Kansas School of Music will hold the 69th Annual KU Band Day on Saturday.
We did intend to enter a guilty plea to the information. But this is the first time he’s been through criminal proceedings, so I felt he could use more time to consider.”
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In 2 polls, Trump leads state, but Clinton ahead nationwide
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More t h a n 20 high school bands from Kansas and Missouri will participate in the event, which includes a parade and halftime show.
ducted in August by the Washington Post and Morning Consult. Results of each were released this week. The Washington Post poll said if the election were held today in Kansas, Trump would beat Clinton 49-37 percent, with 14 percent undecided. But Clinton showed up well ahead of Trump in the battle for electoral votes, 244-126, with 168 electoral votes hanging in tossup states. It takes 270 electoral votes to win.
FORMER LAWRENCE MAYOR JEREMY FARMER enters the Frank Carlson Federal Building for a court appearance Thursday in Topeka.
Farmer pleads not guilty to embezzlement charge
Band Day returns Saturday
wo recent 50-state polls show Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a big lead in Kansas but Democrat Hillary Clinton with a significant lead in electoral votes nationwide. But Trump’s Trump numbers in Kansas are far below what previous GOP candidates have received here, while Clinton’s numbers are about average for a Democrat Clinton in the Sunflower State. The polls were con-
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Topeka — Former Lawrence Mayor Jeremy Farmer may well admit to embezzling money from Just Food, but for now he’s considering his options. Thursday morning Farmer appeared in court where Federal Judge Gary Sebelius formally charged him with a single count of interstate travel of embezzled funds. Though he pleaded not guilty to the charge, Farmer’s attorney, John Cowles, said his client might reconsider. “We did intend to enter a guilty plea to the information,” Cowles
— John Cowles, Farmer’s attorney
said in court. “But this is the first time he’s been through criminal proceedings, so I felt he could use more time to consider.” If convicted of the charge of stealing from the food bank, Farmer faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Farmer may also be ordered to forfeit his personal assets to make up for any ill-
gotten gains, if he is convicted. Silently, Farmer walked into the federal courthouse in Topeka wearing a blue button-down shirt and sunglasses. He did not respond to multiple questions about his criminal charge. Farmer was hired as the executive director of Just food in 2011.
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Library named on list of world’s most beautiful By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Peter Hancock
The Lawrence Public Library is quickly becoming one of the more renowned places in the city. We’ve previously reported how the redesigned and expanded Lawrence
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In the last five presidential elections, Republican candidates have averaged 58 percent of the vote in Kansas while Democrats have averaged 38 percent.
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