From cjonline.com:

Kobach is seeking the GOP nomination against Shawnee County election commissioner Elizabeth Ensley, of Topeka, and former National Association of Government Contractors administrator J.R. Claeys, of Salina. Candidates in the Democratic primary are Secretary of State Chris Biggs, of Junction City, and state Sen. Chris Steineger, of Kansas City, Kan.

Claeys said he supported the capacity of the public to gather signatures and place on ballots proposals for changing state statute or the constitution. He expressed skepticism Kobach had the leadership skill to bring about such a monumental change in Kansas government.

“It’s nice to see professor Kobach is talking about something the secretary of state does,” Claeys said. “It only took a year and a half of campaigning.”

Kobach, a Piper resident on leave from the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school, has focused much of his campaign on illegal immigration.

Biggs, appointed secretary of state by Gov. Mark Parkinson, said the proposal was “just another example of how Kris Kobach will try to use the secretary of state’s office to promote his personal, political agenda.”

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