elections

June 1 is the filing deadline for local elections.

The state's GOP-controlled Legislature has shown it’s likely to pass a bill eliminating the three extra days state voters get to return mail-in ballots after an election. But the vote suggests that election conspiracy theory backers don’t have the clout to overcome Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s possible veto.

In a pair of predominantly Hispanic southwest Kansas communities, two women try to become the first Latinas voted into local office. Elections earlier this month show both how far Latina candidates have come and how many barriers they still face.

The law that is the focus of the litigation makes it a crime to include the voter’s name, address and other information on advance ballot applications, even if the voter provided the information and requested an advance mail ballot application.

Several satellite voting locations are open until Saturday.

More attention – and money - is being given to local Wichita elections, as suggested by recent campaign finance reports.

In Kansas, voter registration groups are suing to stop a new elections law. Some organizations have stopped doing voter drives for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.

Mike Hoheisel and Maggie Ballard will be on the November ballot against incumbents Jared Cerullo and Cindy Claycomb.

The race among Kansas Republicans to see who will challenge Democrat Laura Kelly in the 2022 governor’s race is heating up.State Attorney General Derek…

Former Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell was fined $25,000 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance…