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                                                                      Michelle Obama announces



                                                                      week of action to sign up voters



                                                                      age  voting,  announced  an email to supporters.          chairs  will  attend  some  of
                                                                      Monday that the When We  Flagship events will be held  the events.
                                                                      All Vote Week of Action will  in at least 12 cities, including  The  Voting  Rights  Act,
                                                                      be held Sept. 22-29.         Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami,  signed  into  law  by  Presi-
                                                                      She said members of When  Chicago  and  New  York.  dent Lyndon B. Johnson on
                                                                      We  All  Vote  will  be  travel-  The  group  wants  volun-  Aug.  6,  1965,  prohibits  ra-
                                                                      ing  the  country  to  register  teers to host events in other  cial discrimination in voting.
                                                                      voters  and  get  them  ex-  communities  that  week  as  Mrs. Obama said it's impor-
                                                                      cited about the November  well. Other co-chairs of the  tant to recognize the orga-
                                                                      midterm  elections,  when  group  include  actor  Tom  nizers,  marchers  and  other
             In this June 22, 2018 file photo, former first lady Michelle Obama
            speaks at the American Library Association annual conference   Democrats  hope  to  capi-  Hanks;  "Hamilton"  creator  volunteers who helped get
            in New Orleans.                                           talize  on  a  wave  of  anger  Lin-Manuel  Miranda;  sing-  the law passed.
                                                     Associated Press  against  President  Donald  ers Janelle Monae, Faith Hill  "We  want  to  honor  their
                                                                      Trump and take back con-     and Tim McGraw; and NBA  legacy  and  continue  their
            WASHINGTON  (AP)  —  Mi-     in a week of action to get  trol  of  Congress  from  the  point  guard  Chris  Paul  of  work  to  ensure  that  every
            chelle  Obama  is  marking  people signed up to vote.     Republicans. "With so much  the Houston Rockets.          eligible American cast their
            the 53rd anniversary of the  The former first lady, a co-  at stake in our country, sit-  The   organization   said  vote,  work  that  is  far  from
            Voting Rights Act by urging  chairwoman of a nonparti-    ting on the sidelines isn't an  they  anticipate  that  Mrs.  finished,"  the  former  first
            Americans  to  participate  san organization to encour-   option," Mrs. Obama said in  Obama  and  other  co-       lady said in a video.q

            Orman submits petitions for spot in Kansas governor's race




            By JOHN HANNA                                                                          And  less  than  two  hours  Orman  put  $650,000  of  his
             AP Political Writer                                                                   after  Orman  delivered  his  own  funds  into  his  cam-
            TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kan-                                                             petitions,  President  Donald  paign  for  governor  in  July,
            sas  City-area  businessman                                                            Trump tweeted his endorse-   to bring its total cash con-
            submitted  petitions  Mon-                                                             ment  of  hard-right  conser-  tributions to more than $1.3
            day with more than 10,000                                                              vative  Kansas  Secretary  of  million through last month.
            signatures  for  what  could                                                           State Kris Kobach in his bid  He  gained  national  atten-
            become  the  most  serious                                                             to unseat Gov. Jeff Colyer  tion  for  his  independent
            independent run for Kansas                                                             in  Tuesday's  GOP  primary.  bid  for  the  U.S.  Senate  in
            governor  in  decades  and                                                             Kansas  does  not  hold  run-  2014,  receiving  almost  43
            potentially  doom  Demo-                                                               offs,  so  a  governor  could  percent  of  the  vote  after
            crats'  efforts  to  recapture                                                         be  elected  with  less  than  the  Democratic  nominee
            the office.                                                                            40 percent of the vote.      dropped out.
            Greg  Orman  delivered  his                                                            Orman's aides and support-   But  an  independent  can-
            campaign's petitions to the                                                            ers have bristled for months  didate  for  governor  last
            Kansas  secretary  of  state's                                                         at  suggestions  that  he's  a  came  close  to  winning  in
            office in hopes of gaining a                                                           potential  spoiler  helping  1932.
            spot on the Nov. 6 general                                                             Republicans.  Orman  ex-     Will Lawrence, an attorney
            election  ballot.  He  needs                                                           pressed  confidence  that  and  chief  of  staff  for  Kan-
            signatures from 5,000 regis-                                                           he'll  win  in  November  and  sas Senate Minority Leader
            tered voters, and the secre-                                                           said  as  an  independent,  Anthony Hensley, was pres-
            tary of state's office hopes                                                           he'll  lack  "natural  political  ent when Orman delivered
            to know by the end of next                                                             enemies" in pursuing policy  his  petitions  and  said  they
            week whether enough sig-                                                               goals.                       will  be  reviewed  carefully
            natures are valid. Orman is                                                            "The   signature-gathering  to see that their circulation
            confident of qualifying.                                                               process  really  does  dem-  complied with state law.
            But  Democrats  are  gear-                                                             onstrate  that  voters  want  "We're  going  to  scrutinize
            ing up for a potential legal                                                           something  different,"  Or-  this process because Greg
            challenge  to  Orman's  fil-                                                           man  said.  "They're  look-  Orman has not been scru-
            ing. Many Democrats have     Kansas City-area businessman Greg Orman speaks to reporters   ing for leaders who tell the  tinized,  and  he  is  going  to
                                         after  he  and  his  running  mate  Sen.  John  Doll  delivered  more
            worried that Orman will pull   than  10,000  signatures  to  the  Secretary  of  State's  office  in   truth,  who  ultimately  put  be  scrutinized  in  this  elec-
            votes away from their nom-   Topeka, Kan., Monday morning, Aug. 6, 2018, to formalize their   their  interests  ahead  of  tion cycle on a number of
            inee, making it far easier for   campaign for governor.                                party bosses and ahead of  issues," Lawrence said. "This
            the Republican to win.                                                Associated Press  special interests."         is just the first step."q
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