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Kansas can require proof of citizenship for voters in federal elections, judge rules

...citizenship. The court case doesn't change their status. But the decision means the state will not need a dual election system for voters in federal and state elections — segregating those who completed the state or the federal registration forms. Nationally, voting rights experts contend that the court's ruling — if it survives on near-certain appeals — could open the door for more states to enact laws requiring voters to produce documents proving their citizenship. “It's going to make it harder...