Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot

Evan McMorris-Santoro & Ryan J. Reilly

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.

Kobach is part of the State Objections Board along with Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, all Republicans. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that on Thursday the board agreed consider whether to take Obama off the ballot because they said they lacked sufficient evidence about his birth certificate.

<...>

In his emails to TPM, Kobach also said more records “could easily be obtained, and should be obtained, from the relevant states before issuing any decision.” He declined to say whether he personally believes Obama in a natural born U.S. citizen, but said he might be more willing to speak on Monday “after the matter is closed.”

The Romney campaign did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment. Romney accepted Kobach’s endorsement in January. His campaign acknowledged in April that Kobach is an informal advisor. A major advocate of voter ID laws and measures against illegal immigrants, Kobach has also been instrumental in shepherding immigration planks into the GOP platform this year.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/kansas_birther_kris_kobach.php