Of all the elections, don’t sit out the primary in August

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July 23, 2018 - 11:00 PM

State Sen. Laura Kelly and her running mate Lynn Rogers.

Advanced voting is off to a slow start, according to Sherrie Riebel, Allen County Clerk.

As of Monday morning, only 25 of Allen County’s estimated 8,700 registered voters had cast their ballots in the first days of advanced voting. Yes, you can wait until the Aug. 7 primary election to vote. But why wait?

Better to mark the ballot ahead of time and be able to cross that important task off your to-do list.

This year’s primary election is of critical importance because among Republicans, particularly, the choices represent the extreme of personalities and ideologies: The steady-as-you-go Gov. Jeff Colyer is pitted against the firebrand Kris Kobach. Jim Barnett stands out among the field of seven as the lone supporter of expanding Medicaid.

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