Polls open today until 7 p.m.

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the municipal primary election in Kansas City, Kansas.

Voters should go to their assigned polling places to vote.

There are six contests on the primary ballot for this election, but because some of them are in districts, voters will see fewer contests on their individual ballots.

Candidates running in the Aug. 6 primary election include:
• Unified Government Commissioner at large, 1st District: Incumbent Melissa Brune Bynum, Mark Gilstrap and Steven James.
• UG Commissioner, 3rd District: Incumbent Ann Murguia, Mary V. Gerlt and Christian A. Ramirez.
• UG Commissioner, 4th District: Incumbent Harold Johnson, Joseph Luis Flores and Tarence L. Maddox.
• Board of Public Utilities, 1st District: Incumbent Robert “Bob” Milan, Ken Snyder and LaRon Thompson.
• Board of Public Utilities, 3rd District: Incumbent Jeff Bryant, Aaron Coleman, Dustin K. Dye and Stan S. Frownfelter.
• Board of Public Utilities, at large position 3: Incumbent Norman D. Scott, Chiquita C. Coggs, David Haley, Rose Mulvany Henry, Melissa Oropeza-Vail and Faith L. Rivera.

For more information about the candidates, visit the Wyandotte Daily’s Election 2019 stories at https://wyandotteonline.com/category/election-2019/, or see the candidate forums on the KCKCC YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/KCECable.

More details about voting are at https://wyandotteonline.com/early-voting-begins-saturday-for-primary-election/.

Voters with questions about their polling places may contact the Wyandotte County Election Office at www.wycovotes.org/ or 913-573-8500.