‘IN MOSUL, THINGS WILL MOVE FROM BLOODY TO COMPLICATED.’ —PAGE 14
MICHAEL HANNUM KNOWS WHAT IT’S like when Kris Kobach comes after you. Last year, the Kansas secretary of state charged Hannum, a 65-year-old retired molecular geneticist, with one felony and three misdemeanor election violations, alleging that Hannum voted in 2012 in Johnson County, Kansas, where he lived, as well as Omaha, Neb., where he visited his mother.
Hannum says he doesn’t recall voting in Nebraska. If anything, he thinks his then fiancée might have mailed an absentee ballot by mistake. But facing a bulldog prosecutor and prison time, he decided to plead guilty, paying a $5,500 fine and twice that in legal fees to resolve the matter. “It was amazing how many resources went into pursuing me,” Hannum says.…