Voters wanting to participate in the Aug. 7 election have until Tuesday to register to vote or change their party affiliation.
Republicans dominate the races. The State House race, for example, has a Republican-only slate of Judy Brigham and Bud Sifers of Iola and Ed Bideau of Chanute.
Voters must vote along party lines in the primary.
In the Nov. 6 general election, voters can cross party lines.
In the city-wide special vote on Aug. 7 asking for the recall of Iola city councilmen Kendall Callahan and Ken Rowe, all voters can weigh in.
Changing one’s party affiliation or registering to vote is easy.
Either go to the Allen County Clerk’s office in the courthouse and complete a one-page voter registration form, or go online at www.kdor.org/voterregistration.
Voters must have a valid Kanasas driver’s license or a nondriver’s ID card.
For more information call the county clerk at 365-1407 or the Secretary of State’s office at 1-800-262-8683.
IN ALLEN COUNTY, Republicans outweigh Democrats two-to-one. In the 2010 election, Republicans numbered 3,866; Democrats, 1,931. Those unaffiliated with any party numbered 2,558; Libertarians, 55, and the Reform Party, 6.
Brian Pekarek, Superintendent of USD 257 schools, said the Kansas National Education Association has weighed in its opinions of candidates who are strong supporters of education.
For the Kansas Senate race, the KNEA endorses Republican John Coen of Ottawa over Caryn Tyson, Parker.
Pekarek said the educators’s organization has not endorsed a candidate for the Kansas House in District 9 between Bideau, Brigham and Sifers, “but are reviewing the information.”
