Victory for Democrats as Kobach reverses course on Kansas Senate ballots

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Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach has directed county election officials to start mailing ballots to voters overseas Saturday without having a Democratic nominee listed for the US Senate.

The Democrat Chad Taylor dropped out of the race against three-term Republican senator Pat Roberts, pushed out by some party leaders who wanted to improve the chances that independent candidate Greg Orman would defeat Roberts.

Kobach spokeswoman Samantha Poetter confirmed Friday that the secretary of state had decided against delaying the mailing of ballots to military personnel and other US citizens overseas. He had said Thursday that the deadline for starting the mailings would be pushed back to September 27.

Kobach wanted Democrats to name a new candidate after the Kansas supreme court ordered him to remove Taylor’s name from the ballot.