Ballot return time reduced after veto override

If you vote by mail in Kansas, you’ll have less time to return your ballot starting next year

Kansas will have one of the shortest mail-in voting periods in the country starting next year. Continue reading ...

Roeser flips vote on ballot-counting bill

By Ned Seaton State Rep. Angel Roeser of Manhattan has again played a swing-vote role on a contested issue in the statehouse. Roeser switched her vote Tuesday to provide the necessary margin for Republicans to override a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat. The override means that a law will go into effect that requires all mail-in ballots to be counted by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Previously, mail ballots would count so long as they were postmar…

A ballot conundrum (no, not the one you're thinking of)

The village clerk race in the town of Bergen wasn’t likely to get much attention. After all, there’s only one person running for the position and the town of Bergen hasn’t exactly been a hotbed of controversy or a central focus of news.But all that changed this week after prosecutors filed charges against former town of Bergen Clerk Gloriann Doyle, who is currently behind bars. Prosecutors alleged Doyle stole from the town almost immediately aft…

Kansas lawmakers override governor’s veto of mail-in ballot bill

By Sherman Smith  The Kansas House and Senate on Tuesday overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of legislation that could result in thousands of advance ballots being disqualified. Senate Bill 4 moves the deadline for counting mail-in ballots to 7 p.m. on Election Day. From 2018 to 2024, the law allowed ballots to be counted if they […]

Ballot return time reduced after veto override