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NICOLE VAN WALLEGHEM, OF LAWRENCE, entertains her 10-month-old son, Oren, while her husband Michael Van Walleghem, not pictured, works in their plot at a Common Ground community garden located in the 600 block of Illinois Street on Monday. Cooler temperatures and cloud coverage made for an ideal morning for working the soil.

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Requirement of proof of citizenship ‘almost identical’ to one struck down in Ariz. By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

TOPEKA — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected a law, similar to one in Kansas, that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The dispute was over a law in Arizona called Proposition 200 that requires wouldbe voters to document their U.S. citizenship to register to vote under the federal “Motor Voter” registration law.

Writing for the 7-2 majority, Justice Antonin Scalia ruled that federal law “precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself.” While the case focuses on Arizona, officials said it has implications for Kansas, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, which have similar laws. “The proof of citizenship requirement in Kansas is al-

most identical to that of Arizona,” said Louis Goseland, coordinator for the KanVote Coalition, which has been working to repeal the Kansas law. He said the Supreme Court decision was “a victory for those who champion voter rights and a defeat for those who try to restrict the vote.” Goseland said he hopes Kansas legislators will now repeal the law. As of Jan. 1, any person registering to

vote in Kansas for the first time is required to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who works across the nation on antiimmigration and voting legislation, was instrumental in getting the law passed in Kansas and has defended the Arizona statute. Kobach said the U.S. Supreme Court decision should Please see REJECTION, page 2A

Kobach considering charges against immigration protesters By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Monday he was considering filing criminal charges against immigration reform advocates who protested on his home’s porch over the weekend. Those who helped organize and partici-

pated in the protest said nothing improper happened. Reports indicated that anywhere from 100 to 300 people Kobach participated in the protest at Kobach’s home in western

Kobach, a Republican who has built a national profile pushing tough illegal immigration laws, called the protesters a mob and said they were trying to intimidate him. Kobach, his wife and their young daughters were not home at the time. “If Please see KOBACH, page 2A

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Now that Gov. Sam Brownback has approved a budget, Kansas University leaders have about two weeks to determine just where the damage will fall from about $7.5 million in state funding cuts for the coming year. Details are still sketchy about what cuts will occur: Officials said Monday that the KU Medical Center will lose 31 combined student and residency slots on its Kansas City, Kan., campus, while decisions about what to cut at KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses are currently in the hands of deans and other leaders. “This is something that the deans or other leaders have been thinking about now for some time, based on different ranges of what possible cuts might be,” KU spokesman Jack Martin said. Now it’s time for those plans to move from the hypothetical to reality. Altogether, KU’s campuses will lose a combined $13.5 million in state funding over the next two years. For the Lawrence and Edwards campuses, KU leaders have until July 1, when the 2014 fiscal year Brownback begins, to determine how to make $3.3 million in cuts for the year. Another $2 million must follow in 2014-15. One casualty of the cuts is clear, Martin said: About $460,000 in projects recommended by KU’s Tuition Advisory Committee, a group of students, faculty, staff and administrators that recommends tuition rates. Those were to include funds for undergraduate research, multicultural scholarships and learning evaluations, and those will now be postponed indefinitely. The rest of the cuts are still to be determined by deans and other leaders. Those cuts will not be made evenly across all departments, Martin said. They’ll be made in accordance with KU’s strategic plan, “Bold Aspirations,” which aims to increase research funding, student retention and graduation rates, among other goals. Because those decisions remain to be made, it’s not clear if layoffs will be necessary. Martin said it is certain that some KU units will have to leave open positions unfilled, including faculty jobs, and the university will delay some infrastructure improvements. The Medical Center, meanwhile, will have to make larger cuts to a smaller budget.

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