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Tuesday 7 augusT 2018

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