Two questions will appear on the Bourbon County November 3 Election Ballot.
One is a Kansas constitutional change question; one is a question on how Uniontown School Board members will be elected.
Kansas Constitution Amendment Question
The following is from a report by the Lawrence Journal-World helping to explain the ballot question.
“There will be a section of the Kansas Constitution printed on the ballot with italicized and crossed-out words, reflecting the changes legislators are seeking to make,” according to a report on the Lawrence Journal-World www2.ljworld.com/…/what-to-know-about-amendment-seeking-to-restrict-noncitizen-voting-in-kansas
To those questioning the purpose of the amendment, proponents say that it will ‘tighten the screws’ around what some describe as ambiguous language. Opponents say that the amendment is redundant and creates nothing but fear and confusion, according to www2.ljworld.com/…/what-to-know-about-amendment-seeking-to-restrict-noncitizen-voting-in-kansas
The following is the constitutional amendment voters will consider in the November 3 General Election, from the Kansas Secretary of State website.
Vote Yes or No
“Explanatory statement. This amendment would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.
“A vote for this proposition would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.
“A vote against this proposition would make no change to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and the language concerning voter qualifications would remain the same.”
Shall the following be adopted?
Ҥ 1. Qualifications of electors. Every(a) No person shall be deemed a qualified elector unless such person:
(1) Is a citizen of the United States who;
(2) has attained the age of eighteen years; and who
(3) except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), resides in the voting area in which he or she such person seeks to vote shall be deemed a qualified elector.
(b) Laws of this state relating to voting for presidential electors and candidates for the office of president and vice-president of the United States shall comply with the laws of the United States relating thereto. A citizen of the United States, who is otherwise qualified to vote in Kansas for presidential electors and candidates for the offices of president and vice-president of the United States may vote for such officers either in person or by absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that such person may have become a nonresident of this state if his or her such person’s removal from this state occurs during a period in accordance with federal law next preceding such election.
(c) A person who is otherwise a qualified elector may vote in the voting area of his or her such person’s former residence either in person or by absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that such person may have become a nonresident of such voting area during a period prescribed by law next preceding the election at which he or she such person seeks to vote, if his such person’s new residence is in another voting area in the state of Kansas.”
⬭ Yes
⬭
To see more discussion on this political topic:
Uniontown School Board Member Election Question
“A ‘yes’ vote on the ballot would change how USD235 School Board Members are elected,” said Vance Eden, superintendent of Uniontown School District.
USD 235 QUESTION
CHANGE IN METHOD OF ELECTION TO ELECT AT-LARGE FOR MEMBER POSITIONS The Uniontown School District;
Unified School District No.235
Bourbon County, Kansas
Shall the following change in the Method of Election be adopted?
“Shall Unified School District No. 235, Bourbon County, Kansas change the method of election from the current three member district method under which the school district is divided into two member districts, in which three board members are elected from each member district is divided into two member districts, in which three members are elected from each member district and one board member is elected at-large, to the election at-large for member positions method of electing school board members under which:
The school district is not divided into any member districts, and all board members are elected at large.
“Shall a change in the method of election as described in the ballot title above, be approved?”
To vote in favor of the method of election change, make a cross or check mark in the square to the left of the word Yes
Yes; to vote against it, make a cross or check mark in the square to the left of the word No.