Primary Election

Sedgwick County's Election Commissioner does not expect a high voter turnout for Tuesday's primary election. Speaking to county commissioners this morning, Tabitha Lehman said 2,800 advance ballots had been returned so far, and 725 people have voted in advance in-person. She says that's less than the same time in 2008, when the primary election had 15% voter turnout. Lehman told commissioners redistricting also meant a number of changes for Sedgwick County voters, so registration cards were sent out to remind people of their districts, where they will vote and of the new voter ID law. Electronic polling books will once again be used at many polling places in the Wichita area.

February 11 Election office begins mailing Advance Voting ballots for the Primary February 16 Last day to register to vote for the Primary February 18 Advance voting in person begins in the election office February 20 Last day for candidates to file an Affidavit of Exemption if spending less than $500 on campaign February 23...

"Are you going to vote in the elections coming up?" It's a question Rebecca Zepick, and volunteers across Wichita, asked hundreds of times on Saturday. It was a push to make sure everyone knows that if you aren't registered to vote by Monday evening, you can't vote in Kansas' upcoming primary.That's the election that decides which men and women will be on the general election ballot come November. "You can say, do I want a real left leaning, or far right leaning or a moderate.

Sedgwick County voters got to hear from two people who want to be the next District Attorney. The Wichita Pachyderm Club hosted a forum with the two Republican candidates in the 18th Judicial District. Kevin O'Connor spent several years in the DA's office before leaving. He most recently helped the prosecution in the Adam Longoria case. O'Connor is running against Marc Bennett, a current prosecutor in the Sedgwick County DA's office. Bennet told us, "I think my experience of the last 17 years as a prosecutor gives me the insight to know how not to run an office of this size.

The race for City Commission in Salina has been a strange one. Aside from voter turn-out being extremely low, the race saw a record number of candidates looking to fill three open city commission spots. The primary election saw a record 17 different candidates on the ballot, following the primary that number was sliced down to nine candidates. Tuesday night Barb Shirley, Aaron Householter, and Kaye Crawford emerged from those nine candidates and earned a respective spot on the city commission.

Just over 15,500 voters cast ballots in Sedgwick County Tuesday in the primary election. There are 201,000 eligible voters in the county. Here are the number of votes and percentage of the vote each candidate received in Tuesday's primary: Wichita City Council, District 2: Charlie Stevens - 1432 / 30% Pete Meitzner - 1302 / 27% Steve Harris - 1292 / 27% Om Chauhan -...

Just 4.7% of registered voters turned out for Tuesday's primary election.  That's compared with 2011 which has a low of 7.75%. Election officials knew the turnout was going to be low because there weren't a lot of heated races.  They also say weather was a factor in keeping some voters home. Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman says the polling place at the Sedgwick Co. Zoo only had five voters through the entire day. She says it is a shame that more people didn't get out and vote, since the poll workers worked so hard to make sure polling places were open and clear of snow.

SurveyUSA interviewed 2,500 Kansas adults 07/15/10 through 07/18/10. Of them, 2,138 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 787 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the August 3 Republican Primary; 406 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the August 3 Democratic Primary. Asked of 787 likely & actual Republican primary voters - Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.6%   If the Republican Primary for United States Senate were today, who would you vote for?

SurveyUSA interviewed 2,600 Kansas adults 07/29/10 through 08/01/10. Of them, 2,234 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 837 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted or to be likely to vote in the 08/03/10 Republican Primary; 441 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted or to be likely to vote in the 08/03/10 Democratic Primary. Advance voting began on 07/15/10. 1   Asked of 837 likely & actual GOP primary voters   Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.5% [Candidate names rotated]

The primary's over, and we have almost three months until the general election.      You would think that means we get a break from the political ads.  But, that's not the case for at least one race: the District 4 Congressional Race.      The day after the primary election, we found people would rather brave mother nature's heat, than political heat.      "I was sick of all of it," said Sherrie Wandersee.  "I mean, everybody's attacking everybody else. "      "Personal attacks," said Marcia Downing, "are the things that bothered me the most.