This year’s general election includes a presidential contest, as well as contests for U.S. Senate, House, state legislative offices, retention of judges, Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools bond issue, and a state constitutional amendment on hunting and fishing.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and today, Monday, is the last day to vote in advance.
Advance voting is available from 8 a.m. to noon Monday at the Wyandotte County Election Office, 850 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
On Election Day, Tuesday, registered voters may cast their ballots at designated polling places between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Voters may check their polling place at Voter View, https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView/.
Registered voters should bring an approved form of photo identification with them, such as a driver’s license.
Some of the local candidates participated in a local Wyandotte County Election Forum held Oct. 17 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. The forum, sponsored by Business West, KCKCC and other community organizations, is being shown today on the KCKCC cable channel, on KCEC, Time Warner, Channel 17; and on Google TV, Channel 146. The schedule today:
Monday, Nov. 7
U.S Representative, 3rd District, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
State Representative, 36th District, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
State Senator, 5th District, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
State Senator, 6th District: 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
For more information, visit www.WycoVotes.org or call the election office at 913-573-8500.
On the ballot this year in Wyandotte County (voters will just vote for their own state senator and state representative, in their own district):
National offices:
Clinton and Kaine, Democratic
Johnson and Weld, Libertarian
Stein and Baraka, independent
Trump and Pence, Republican
U.S. Senator
Robert D. Garrard, Edgerton, Libertarian
Jerry Moran, Hays, Republican
Patrick Weisner, Lawrence, Democratic
U.S. Representative, 3rd District
Steven A. Hohe, Shawnee, Libertarian
Jay Sidie, Mission Woods, Democratic
Kevin Yoder, Overland Park, Republican
State offices
Kansas Senate, 4th District
David Haley, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
Kansas Senate, 5th District
Steven Fitzgerald, Leavenworth, Republican
Bill Hutton, Wyandotte County, Democratic
Kansas Senate, 6th District
Jason Conley, Kansas City, Kan., Libertarian
Pat Pettey, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
Kansas Senate, 10th District
Mary Pilcher Cook, Shawnee, Republican
Vicki Hiatt, Shawnee, Democratic
State Representative, 31st District
Louis E. Ruiz, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
State Representative, 32nd District
Pam Curtis, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
State Representative, 33rd District
Tom Burroughs, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
State Representative, 34th District
Valdenia C. Winn, Democratic
State Representative, 35th District,
Broderick Henderson, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
State Representative, 36th District
Kevin Braun, Kansas City, Kan., Republican
Kathy Wolfe Moore, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
State Representative, 37th District
Stan S. Frownfelter, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 1
Robert P. Burns, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 2
Michael A. Russell, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 7
Courtney Mikesic, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 8
R. Wayne Lampson, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 9
Daniel Cahill, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 13
Renee S. Henry, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 14
Jennifer Orth Myers, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District Court Judge, Division 16
Constance M. Alvey, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
29th District, District Attorney
Mark Dupree, Kansas City, Kan., Democratic
Member, State Board of Education, 2nd District
Chris Cindric, Overland Park, Democratic
Steve Roberts, Overland Park, Republican
Township office
Delaware Township Trustee
No candidates running.
Delaware Township Treasurer
No candidates running.
Judicial retention questions
Should these judges or justices be retained?
Carol A. Beier, Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court
Dan Biles, Shawnee, Kansas Supreme Court
Lawton R. Nuss, Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court
Marla Luckert, Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court
Caleb Stegall, Lawrence, Kansas Supreme Court
Steve Leben, Fairway, Kansas Court of Appeals
G. Joseph Pierron Jr., Lawrence, Kansas Court of Appeals
David E. Bruns, Topeka, Kansas Court of Appeals
G. Gordon Atcheson, Overland Park, Kansas Court of Appeals
Karen Arnold-Burger, Topeka, Kansas Court of Appeals
Kathryn A. Gardner, Topeka, Kansas Court of Appeals
Constitutional amendment
Right of public to hunt, fish and trap wildlife.
The people have the right to hunt, fish and trap, including by the use of traditional methods, subject to reasonable laws and regulations that promote wildlife conservation and management and that preserve the future of hunting and fishing. Public hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This section shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to trespass, property rights or water resources.
Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, District 500 School Bond Question:
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall Unified School District No. 500, Wyandotte County, Kansas (Kansas City), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $235,000,000, to pay the costs to purchase and improve sites, to demolish certain existing facilities, and to acquire, construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodel and make additions to buildings used for school district purposes, and all other necessary improvements related thereto, and to pay fees and expenses related thereto; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-2018(f); K.S.A. 72-6761; and K.S.A. 75-2315 et seq.?