The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a grand jury must be convened to investigate a charge that Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach intentionally failed to register voters in 2016 by choosing not to process online voter registrations, which likely prevented qualified residents from voting in the 2016 election. Kobach has been viewed as a leading advocate of stricter voter ID laws. Donald Trump, who has been an ally of Kobach, argued after the 2016 election