# I pit Kris Kobach

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**Created:** [September 5, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kris-kobach/697561 "2014-09-05T07:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kris-kobach/697561/384 "2014-09-19T23:44:02Z")

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> [@Fiveyearlurker](#):
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> What is Kobach’s play if the Democrats just refuse to nominate someone, which seems to be the likely response?

Cross-posted in part from the Elections thread:

> [@What's going on in the Kansas Senate election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-the-kansas-senate-election/698237/29):
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> A bylined news article from the [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-kansas-ballots-senate-mailed-20140919-story.html):
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> > [@](#):
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> > Secretary of State Kris Kobach has told county election officials to begin sending out ballots to voters overseas and in the military starting Saturday, instead of delaying the process by a week so that Democrats could appoint a nominee, a spokeswoman for his office confirmed.
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> > Along with the ballots, voters will receive a letter cautioning them that they could be receiving new, replacement ballots later on if Democrats decide to appoint a nominee. In-state voters will not receive ballots until after Oct. 15.
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> OK, I guess, but is he trying to say that the current ballots won’t count if replacement ballots are sent out? After the deadline?

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