Observations From The First Day Of The Kobach Voting Rights Trial

FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks with a reporter in his office in Topeka, Kan. Kobach, who is helping lead President Donald Trump's commission on election fraud ann... FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks with a reporter in his office in Topeka, Kan. Kobach, who is helping lead President Donald Trump's commission on election fraud announced Thursday, June 8, 2017, that he's running for the Republican nomination for governor. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File) MORE LESS

March 6, 2018 8:00 p.m.

The Kobach v. Fish trial, in which the ACLU and other plaintiffs are challenging the state's proof-of-citizenship voter-registration requirement, got underway today, and I am here in Kansas City, Kansas covering it. I've been writing a live blog of the...

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