UPDATED 11 a.m. July 28
Sedgwick County has added three early polling locations for voters to cast their ballots in advance of the Aug. 4 primary election.
The sites include the county’s new election office in northeast Wichita and the Advanced Learning Library downtown. The third is the Park City Senior Center in Park City.
Registered voters may vote at any early polling site.
The deadline to request advance ballots was July 28. Ballots must be received by the Sedgwick County Election Office by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.
Completed ballots can be returned by mail to the county’s election office or dropped off in person. They can also be returned at community drop boxes or open polling places.
The election office, library and Sedgwick County Extension Office will be open for in-person early voting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays from July 20-31.
Election Commissioner Laura Rainwater said she expects lots of people to vote early, so the polling locations will be staffed with more than the typical eight election workers.
“The three sites that will be open for the entire two weeks will have between 10 and 12 workers each,” Rainwater said.
Closer to the primary election, the library and extension office will be open for early voting Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The election office will also serve as an early voting site Aug. 3 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Other early voting sites will be open July 28-31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well as on Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Here are Sedgwick County’s early voting sites:
Rainwater said having early polling locations open for longer periods of time, along with having more locations, is in an effort to make voting easier.
“That’s what it’s all about, making voting more accessible and more convenient to the voters,” Rainwater said.
On Election Day, polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
More information about voting can be found on the Sedgwick County website.
