by Mary Rupert
It’s been a mostly quiet primary Election Day in Wyandotte County with an average turnout, according to Election Commissioner Bruce Newby.
About 3,558 people had voted by 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, he said, and when they are added to the 1,312 who voted by advance ballots, that brings the total of voters so far to 4,870.
There are about 64,600 registered voters eligible to vote in the election, he said. The turnout has been about 7.5 percent so far, which is average, he added.
The polls will be open through 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The number who used advance voting this year was “not impressive,” he said.
“In fact, it’s much less than we’d expected,” he said. “We thought more people would use the advance voting opportunities, especially with the weather we’ve been having.”
Three contests are on the primary ballot in Kansas City, Kan.: Unified Government Commissioner at large, 1st District; UG Commissioner, 4th District; and Board of Public Utilities, at large, position 3. It is a nonpartisan election.
Today’s voter turnout has seen some heavy voting in different parts of Kansas City, Kan., including in the Piper area.
Mid-afternoon turnout: Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 93rd and Parallel, 260 voters; Kane Community Center, 123rd and Leavenworth Road in Piper, 230 voters; Kensington Recreation annex, 29th and State, 174 voters; Trinity Community Church, 50th and Parallel Parkway, 165 voters; Argentine Community Center, 28th and Metropolitan, 73 voters; and Bible Temple Baptist, near 18th and Quindaro, 70 voters.
For information about the candidates, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/information-offered-on-primary-election/.
For election and polling place information, visit http://www.wycovotes.org./
