In this Aug. 1, 2013 photo. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, poses for photograph during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. Under an agreement with Kobach's oiffice, the state health department will check birth certificate records to help reduce the number of voters whose registrations are on hold over the citizenship rule. (AP Photo/John Hanna)