Supreme Court declines to revive Kansas voter registration ID law

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Kansas' secretary of state to bring back a law that required people to show physical documentation of citizenship in order to register to vote.

Under the law, a person had to show a birth certificate, passport, or other document before they could register. In April, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals declared this law, the only one like it in the country, unconstitutional. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab (R) appealed the case to the Supreme Court, despite objections from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D).

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.