A few Kansans will vote today in local elections for city and school officials in many areas. Turnout will likely be light and few problems are expected.
Kansans last went to the polls statewide in Nov 2008 during the presidential election. Few problems were reported and few, if any, prosecutions have occurred from any [...]
Finding possible voter/election problems by comparing voter registration data to election results is quite difficult in Kansas because different precinct codes are used by different computer systems. I made that claim at a recent Secretary of State’s study group meeting about the future of elections in Kansas, and gave Allen County as an example of [...]
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest population estimates for July 1, 2008. USA Today shows this nice summary table of all the states.
Kansas shows a 4.2% increase in population from 2000-2008 with 113,318 new residents. In just the last year Kansas added 24,752 new residents, which was a 0.9% growth rate and ranked [...]
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FOX 5 Wichita reported earlier this week that ACORN finds Kansas a tough nut to crack.
The ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) web site shows three Kansas offices, in Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita, but FOX 5 reports the Wichita office closed earlier this year.
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This article looks at new voter registration by political party from 2007 through Sept 2008 for Kansas state representative districts.
In particular, the new voter registration data for two house districts targeted by a mysterious non-profit in 2006 will be analyzed, since these districts are likely targeted races this year.
A PDF file shows the new [...]
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Targeted and likely close state senate races are the battleground contests over control of the Kansas Senate. How is new voter registration used as a tactic to affect these contests?
This article looks at the new voter registration by political party from 2007 through early Sept 2008 for state senate races that are likely to [...]
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Recent Meadowlark articles gave a breakdown of new voters statewide and by congressional district. This article looks at new voters from 2007 and through early Sept 2008 by county. Future articles will show this breakdown by state senate and state rep districts.
Graphics below show new voter profiles by political party for the largest four [...]
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A recent Meadowlark article, More new Democrats than Republicans register to vote in Kansas in 2008, gave statewide totals for 2007 and 2008 through early Sept. This article analyzes differences in new voter registration by the four Kansas congressional districts in the same two years. Future articles will look at new voter registration [...]
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[Updated] A look at new registered voters in Kansas in 2008 shows slightly more new Democrats have registered to vote statewide than new Republicans, but Republicans had the edge in 2007. However, there were more new unaffiliated (”independent”) voters than either Democrats or Republicans. The number of new Reform or Libertarian party [...]
Continue reading about More new Democrats than Republicans register to vote in Kansas in 2008
People in the Kansas City area can move across the state line and re-register to vote, and unknowingly become registered voters in both Kansas and Missouri. Such folks vote in their “new” state and are likely not even aware they are still registered in their “old” state. Legally, a voter cannot vote [...]
