Voter Protection: Be Involved
Make sure your vote counts!
Secretary of State
120 SW 10th Ave. • Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-4564
REP. STEVE WATKINS IS CHARGED WITH VOTER FRAUD
Watkins is being charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor for voter fraud
The GOP Rep. is being charged for allegedly using a UPS store as his home address that allowed him to vote in a district that he didn’t live in. Watkins claims it was a mistake an attributed the use of his mailing address as a habit he picked up while he was deployed in Afghanistan. He is being charged with providing false information to law enforcement, voting without being qualified, and unlawful advance voting.
- www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article244541302.html
- www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/steve-watkins-voter-fraud-kansas.html
- public.shawneecourt.org/PublicA/access/?agent=102604277&hu=185657
KANSAS VOTERS PRIVATE DATA EXPOSED
Voter’s party affiliation and residence address open to public
The State of Kansas provides a voter status viewer. This application requires only a voter’s name, last name and date of birth to access it. Any person with such information could then access any voter’s residence address, party affiliation and voter’s voting history.
KANSAS VOTING SYSTEMS USING OUT-OF-DATE SOFTWARE
Out-of-date software is unprotected and vulnerable to security risks
Kansas counties use ES&S voting systems deploying end of life software (Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2) which is no longer supported by Microsoft. Regular security updates ended on January 14, 2020. Unprotected software is vulnerable to malicious actions (hacking, viruses) and could lead to the disruption of elections.
- www.eac.gov/voting-equipment/eac-certified-voting-systems-table
- support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4467761/windows-what-happens-when-windows-7-support-ends#:~:text=After%2010%20years,%20support%20for,including%20security%20updates,%20from%20Microsoft
- www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-2008#:~:text=Support%20for%20Windows%20Server%202008,infrastructure%20and%20applications%20go%20unprotected
VULNERABILITIES WITH ELECTRONIC POLLBOOKS
Voting equipment connected to the Internet is at risk of getting hacked
Some Kansas counties, including Johnson and Sedgwick, use E-PollBooks (EPB). Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) - a nonpartisan, objective research center for election Security, found that neither state statutes nor rules and regulations provide guidance on their use, security, or maintenance. Further, KLRD points out the risks of EPBs using the Internet, echoing the concerns of “Brennan Center for Justice” and “The Center for Internet Security”.
Kansas Constitutional Preamble
We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges, in order to insure the full enjoyment of our rights as American citizens, do ordain and establish this constitution of the state of Kansas, with the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the state of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence running west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the state of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said state to the place of beginning.
