Kris Kobach Quotes

Judicial Watch has a massive project to force states and counties across the nation to clean up their voter rolls.

Judicial Watch has taken the lead nationwide in defending state voter ID laws and other commonsense election integrity measures, filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court and in several circuit courts of appeal and trial courts.

I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form.

No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls.

With same-day registration, no requirement for a valid, dated photo ID for voters is an invitation to fraud and corruption of our electoral process.

There are states with photo ID requirements that don't disenfranchise eligible voters.

As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws across the country.

I don't think New Mexicans know how many people vote illegally.

Voter caging and voter ID laws exist to disfranchise voters.

Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.

To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to apply at least the same standard required to get a library card or to board an airpane?

The Voter Expansion Project's mission is clear: Ensure that every eligible citizen can register, every registered voter can vote, and every vote is accurately counted.

I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.

There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.

We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote.

Democrats tend to always encourage people to vote – whether they are alive or dead.

The voting business in the South will regulate itself.

Registration is a necessary—but not sufficient—condition for voting.

… we have had many, many cases of non-citizens registered to vote prior to our new legislation.

There is no purging. We are following federal laws to keep our voting rolls clean. That word, purging, is outrageous.

It is clear that the photo ID requirement is not a solution to a problem but is instead a political ploy to prevent traditionally disenfranchised populations from voting for the candidates of their choice.

I'm going to continue to do the work we're doing on voter suppression, supporting the work that's being done by Fair Count, ensuring a fair Census count.