The Kansas State Election Board held service on objections to filings on Monday, with complaints centering around the placement of name on a ballot, the candidacy of Vermin Supreme, and the candidacy of Republican Michael Capps.
Within a matter of a few hours, Secretary of State Kris Kobach provided a complicated, conflicting standard that told one candidate that his use of a rental property did not entitle him to run for office, meanwhile, a candidate proclaiming to live in a house that was in foreclosure by a bank at the time of filing, well, that was A-OK.
You see, Kobach read their minds, and in that mind reading, one person’s intent was valid, and the other, well, it wasn’t.
The Capital Journal
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, however, challenged Miller to explain why someone can’t decide to move for the purpose of a race. Nothing in law prohibits a candidate from rapidly changing residence, Kobach said. Brant Laue, chief counsel for the governor’s office, joined with Kobach and Athena Andaya, deputy attorney general for legal opinions, in upholding Capps’ candidacy.
“The applicable legal standard is not a high one,” Laue said.
Capps, standing before the board of election, noted that he had planned his move over to the new property on May 5, and that he had every intent to live in the district. In an early session before the state board, Vermin Supreme, who acquired a rental property in Topeka, was flagged for whether or not his intent was valid. Republican candidate Michael Capp’s sincerity was tested, however, when documents were pointed out to the state board that on May 7, a statement of treasurer was filed with the state — for another house district, one where, in fact, a house exists and Capps has apparently resided.
Capps quickly refuted this, and claimed that his treasurer had apparently submitted his intent to file without his consent. The statement would apparently make Les Osterman, his treasurer, subject to submitting a document to the state election board under fraudulent claim, as he provided an electronic signature of Michael Capps, a signature that Michael Capps said he did not authorize.
In the end, the standard for Kobach was clear: Vermin was out. Michael Capps? A-OK.
No word yet on whether or not Les Osterman or Michael Capps will charges for swearing to a form falsely, or if Capps is actually a valid elector.
Something tells me the vote fraud hunter in chief is less interested about following through on either of these charges.