Kansas

link:
http://kansaspublicradio.org/kpr-news/secretary-state-dismissed-voting-machine-lawsuit

Thursday, October 22nd, 2015, by Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The top election official in Kansas was dismissed as a defendant from the lawsuit filed by a Wichita mathematician seeking voting machine tapes after finding statistical anomalies in election counts. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said in a statement Thursday he was pleased but not surprised. The move leaves Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman, whose office actually has the tapes, as the only defendant in the case. Wichita State University statistician Beth Clarkson wants the tapes to do a statistical model by checking the error rate on electronic voting machines used at a Sedgwick County voting station during the November 2014 general election. Kobach says the law is clear regarding auditing procedures and contends he should have never been a party to the lawsuit in the first place.


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link to second article:
http://ksnt.com/2015/10/22/secretary-kobach-dismissed-from-clarkson-statistician-lawsuit/

Kobach dismissed from statistician’s lawsuit
By Zoe Brown Published: October 22, 2015

TOPEKA (KSNT) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been officially dismissed from a lawsuit filed by Wichita statistician Elizabeth Clarkson.

Clarkson was requesting access to ballots in order to audit election results.

A release from Kobach’s office says he was pleased, but not surprised, with the dismissal. Kobach stated, “The letter of the law is clear regarding the auditing procedures of election ballots; we were dismissed as a party to this lawsuit because we should have never been a party in the first place.” He said the Secretary of State’s Office did not have custody of the ballots and did not have the authority to direct others to give Clarkson access.

Kobach also believes that, if the courts interpret the ballot custody statutes correctly, Clarkson’s access to the ballots will be denied again.

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Kobach believes that "if the courts interpret the ballot custody statutes correctly, Clarkson's access to the ballots will be denied again."

His arrogance is breathtaking.