Voter Registration
On Monday the Meadowlark published an article giving details about how the Kansas City Star publisher was registered to vote in both Missouri and Kansas. Several other Internet news outlets picked up this story, including the Election Journal, but some blogs confused “double registration” with “double voting.”
The Kansas City Star publisher is registered to vote in Kansas City, MO as Gregory M Zieman, along with with his wife, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, also of the Star, in Kansas City Ward 8, Precinct 8.
The Star’s publisher is also registered to vote across the state line in Overland Park, KS as G. [...]
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Reports have surfaced in Butler, Johnson, Sedgwick, and Shawnee Counties that some residents may not be registered to vote because of a flawed, paperless voter registration system at the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. One estimate from a reliable source is that perhaps 100 voters statewide are affected by this problem (so far). [...]
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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 [...]
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Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh (left) was quoted in the Kansas City Star yesterday that “we threw a party, and nobody came” about no voters showing up to vote at Fort Riley precincts in Tuesday’s primary election.
Geary County Clerk Rebecca Bossemeyer was quoted in the Topeka Capital-Journal that this “isn’t unusual in a [...]
