Lawrence Journal-World 06-11-2016

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SATURDAY • JUNE 11 • 2016

Court: Kansas can’t block voters from casting ballots By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press

Wichita — Kansas cannot prevent thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots in the

November federal election because they didn’t prove they were U.S. citizens when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling temporarily upholds a court order that required Kansas to allow those individuals to vote in federal elections even though

they didn’t provide citizenship documentation when applying or renewing their driver’s licenses, as required under Kansas law. The state has said as many as 50,000 people

could be affected. The appeals court judges said Kansas had not made the necessary showing for a stay pending appeal, but agreed to hear the appeal quickly.

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The initial court order was made last month by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson, who said enforcement of Kansas’ Please see VOTING, page 2A

Survey: Kansans prefer Clinton to Trump ——

Poll also finds most voters displeased with state lawmakers By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

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WEARING A SURVIVOR SHIRT, LAWRENCE RESIDENT RUTH VERVYNCK looks at luminarias as she participates in the 2016 Douglas County Relay for Life event Friday at the Free State High School football stadium. The luminarias honor loved ones lost to cancer, support people currently fighting cancer, and those who fought cancer in the past. The event raises money for the American Cancer Society.

Running store moves into bigger space downtown Town Talk T

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

here is a certain someone in my house who appreciates any new shoe store on Massachusetts Street, especially running shoes. She needs all the help she can get staying a step ahead of the parking meter patrol. If you are like her, you are in luck. One of Lawrence’s more popular running stores is undertaking a major expansion and moving to Massachusetts Street.

at 16 E. Eighth St. in downtown Lawrence. The pending move will allow the store to more than double in size, said Grant Catloth, who owns the store with business partner J. Jenkins. The expansion is coming just eight months after Ad Astra opened for business. Catloth said the store’s status as a

Please see RUNNING, page 2A

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Ad Astra Running has signed a deal to move into the vacant space at 734 Massachusetts St. For those of us who are more into elastic waistbands than running shoes, you may know that as the space that is next door to the old Hot Box Cookies location. (I say old because as we have reported, Hot Box moved to The Oread hotel recently.) Ad Astra currently is located

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Topeka — Kansans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with their state government and with their choice of presidential candidates, according to a new poll released Friday. But when given a choice between the two parties’ presumptive nominees, Clinton a plurality (43 to 36 percent) said they prefer Democrat Hillary Clinton to Republican Donald Trump, while 21 percent are currently undecided. If those trends hold through November, it Trump would mark a historic shift in Kansas politics, where no Democratic presidential candidate has won Kansas since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson carried it over Barry Goldwater, 54 to 45 percent. The poll by John Zogby Strategies was commissioned by the Kansas Health Foundation and was released Friday in conjunction with a symposium being conducted in Wichita. The random survey of 433 registered voters was conducted June 4-6 and had a margin Please see CLINTON, page 2A

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Washington Creek Lavender, 858 East 800 Road, is opening its doors for casual strolls, tours and more this weekend. Page 1C

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