Looks like an interesting election so I want to learn more

2020 election number for votes in Kingman County was around 3900.

Some folks just don’t understand how scary these experiences with their unleashed dogs can be for other park goers and other furry companions!

So I’d like this to serve as a gentle but FIRM reminder— Im sure your dog is sweet as pie, mine isn’t and we don’t want to be approached!

A public space is not your backyard. The entitlement of some of these owners is so baffling and quite frightening.

Please keep us safe in these beautiful public parks! Please keep you and your dog safe by leashing up! (If your dog’s recall is 100, y’all are amazing and this isn’t about you)

For anyone struggling with reactivity, these are a good place to start: https://braintrianing4dogs.com/Dog-Reactivity.

Having a reactive dog can be a lonely experience that affects your entire life. Knowing there are people out there who understand and empathize makes it easier.

[edit: the last FULL DAY of early voting is today, or Sunday, depending on if your early voting location is open weekends.]

Most rural ones are closed weekends, most city sites are open this weekend, but there's exceptions I'm sure. Check the SOS website to find your early voting location and it's hours.

And you can NOT vote early on Monday [afternoon]! All early voting sites are closed that day [afternoon] so they can collect the ballots and deliver them.

And if you applied to vote by mail but you want to vote in person, then you'll be given a provisional ballot, which will be counted last if at all. So I recommend filling out the ballot that was mailed to you and turning that in by hand. Do not use USPS.

Kansas entered the Union in January 1861, a little over two months prior to the start of the Civil War and seven years after it became a territory under the aptly named Kansas-Nebraska Act. The state is strongly Republican in presidential elections; it hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson won the presidency in a landslide. In 2020, Donald Trump won by 56% to 42% over Joe Biden

Apologies if this isn’t the right sub for the topic, but I mostly just wanted to vent. I’ve lived in various Midwest states my whole life and have never had to worry if I’m registered by Election Day or not due to same day registration. This is my first election living in KS and bc I didn’t even think to research what the registration deadline was I’ve missed it and I’m frankly very upset about this. Has there been any sort of momentum towards KS legislation passing same day registration?

I’m ashamed that I didn’t do my own due diligence to prevent this, but it would be wonderful to feel like I’m on a level field w/ my previous home states.

Anyways, for those of you who are registered please exercise your right to vote! At this point all I can do is encourage others 🙃

Hey everyone. I just moved to Wichita this year. Are there any cool haunted places that aren’t Theorosa’s Bridge or Rest Haven Cemetery? Everything I find on google is burned to a crisp or not publicly accessible. Thank you in advance!

I, like millions of others, are extremely worried and anxious about this upcoming election. Please vote! Vote like your lives are at stake! Vote like your livelihood is at stake. Vote like your freedoms and rights are at stake. Please vote! Trump scares me and the fact he has so many supporters terrifies me.

I’ve received 5 campaign flyers from him and the ONLY thing it touts is that he has signed a pledge for congressional term limits. As if that’s some kinda gotcha coming from a state senator.

I finally figured out why he’s for term limits for Congress: he wants to run, but knows Sharice would beat the snot out of him in a general election. Plus, he’s too old to run more than a few times anyway, so term limits don’t hurt him.

But really, you’ve got nothing else to run on, Mike?

Been checking the status of my mail in ballot and just saw that it was rejected due to “signature missing or not voter’s signature”. I signed it but it probably didn’t match my other signatures in the past. How do I go about getting that fixed and making sure I vote in time?

EDIT: thank you everyone!! will definitely not be voting by mail anymore lol

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-abortion-vote-in-kansas-looks-like-its-going-to-be-close/

Pro Choice 43% polls, 59% election results

Let's play with this.

Here is the latest data from Election Lab:

• Democrat: 120,568
• Republican: 170,537
• Unaffiliated/None: 48,997

Gender is unclear, but Republicans better hope there's not a huge gender gap favoring women. Moving on...

Combing unaffiliated and Democrat, assuming 100% vote for Harris and 100% of Republicans vote for Trump, these are the numbers now:

• Republican: 170,573
• Democrat + Unaffiliated/None: 169,545

Keeping the rules the same as before, except 2% of all Kansas republicans reported so far vote for Harris, we get these numbers:

• Republican -2%: 167,162
• Democrat + Unaffiliated/None + 2% R voting Dem: 172,956

But let's be real, not all unaffiliated and Democrat are going to vote for Harris. I would imagine 3% of those voting Democrats go to Trump, and probably 4 - 5% of the unaffiliated go to Trump, too.

Either way, the fact that the numbers are so close right now... is kind of crazy.

1. There are two possibilities for election day: as usual, more Republicans turn out in person, Kansas stays red, etc.
2. The other option: Republicans that are voting for Trump took Trump's advice and voted early... cannibalizing their election day vote.

If I were MAGA right now, though, I would be extremely worried. It would take less than 7% or so of Republicans to vote for Harris and the state turns blue.

Buckle up, Kansas. We're going on a ride.

Links: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2024-early-voting/2024-general-election-early-vote-kansas/

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Saw an online ad this morning for Ron Estes that claimed that Biden/Harris border policies have increased the crime rate in Kansas. But I have been hearing that crime overall is down in the US. Does anyone have actual statistics or a source to support or refute Estes' claim?

My disabled loved one with glaucoma has been receiving permanently requested advanced mail ballots for years and years. She did receive the primary ballot earlier this year. I suddenly realized that she should have received it by now and just called her county court house. She was off the list of eligible people and no one in our family changed a thing!

They blamed an employee not knowing their job yadda yadda. But she could vote in person. She lives in a nursing home now and it is a big challenge but we are getting it done one way or another. A vulnerable blind wheelchair-bound lady who wants to vote, can you believe it? I’m lucky to have a supportive family member to help me get her to the polls, many people do not have that help. I wonder how many innocent people have had their names purged through nefarious means. Or maybe it was an honest error, who knows. :p