By SALINA POST
If you haven't yet voted, here's what you need to know about the upcoming general election on Tuesday.
Important dates
Saturday: Advance voting in the Saline County Clerk's office (Room 215) in the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday: Advance voting in the Saline County Clerk's office (Room 215) in the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street, ends at noon.
Tuesday: General Election Day. Polls open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Advanced ballots
The deadline has passed for requesting an advanced ballot be mailed to you.
All advanced ballots that have yet to be submitted to the county clerk's office must be postmarked on or before Tuesday's Nov. 8 date and received in the county election office by the close of business on the third business day following the election, according to information on the Kansas Secretary of State's elections web page.
Saline County voters also can place their completed ballots in the secure ballot drop box on the half-circle drive in front of the City-County Building by 7 p.m. Tuesday.
If you have already submitted your completed advanced ballot, you can check its status on the Kansas Secretary of State's VoterView website. (Note: You will need to complete the short Registration Information form on the site. Then you will be able to check the status of your ballot.)
Proposed constitutional amendments
Two proposed constitutional amendments are on the ballot this time. One deals with legislative oversight. The other the election of county sheriffs. Following are the explanatory statements about the proposed constitutional amendments from the sample ballot on the Kansas Secretary of State's VoterView website.
Legislative oversight
The purpose of this amendment is to provide the legislature with oversight of state executive branch agencies and officials by providing the legislature authority to establish procedures to revoke or suspend rules and regulations.
A vote for this proposition would allow the legislature to establish procedures to revoke or suspend rules and regulations that are adopted by state executive branch agencies and officials that have the force and effect of law.
A vote against this proposition would allow state executive branch agencies and officials to continue adopting rules and regulations that have the force and effect of law without any opportunity for the legislature to directly revoke or suspend such rules and regulations.
Election of sheriffs
This amendment would preserve the right of citizens of each county that elected a county sheriff as of January 11, 2022, to continue electing the county sheriff. The amendment would also provide that a county sheriff only may be involuntarily removed from office pursuant to either a recall election or a writ of quo warranto initiated by the attorney general.
A vote for this proposition would preserve the right of citizens of each county that elected a county sheriff as of January 11, 2022, to continue electing the county sheriff via popular vote. The amendment would also direct that a county sheriff only may be involuntarily removed from office pursuant to either a recall election or a writ of quo warranto initiated by the attorney general.
A vote against this proposition would not make any changes to the constitution and would retain current law concerning the election of a sheriff and the procedures for involuntary removal of a sheriff from office.
Candidates
Following is a list of national, state, and local candidates that Saline County residents might be voting on, courtesy the Saline County Clerk's Office. To see who specifically will be on your ballot, go to the Kansas Secretary of State's VoterView website.
United States Senate
Position currently held by Senator Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran (R)
Mark R Holland (D)
David C Graham (L)
United States House of Representatives 1st District
Position currently held by Representative Tracey Mann
Tracey Mann (R)
James "Jimmy" Beard (D)
Kansas Governor/Lt Governor
Position currently held by Governor Laura Kelly/Lieutenant Governor David Toland
Laura Kelly/David Toland (D)
Derek Schmidt/Katie Sawyer (R)
Seth Cordell/Evan Laudick-Gains (L)
Dennis Pyle/Kathleen E Garrison (i)
Kansas Secretary of State
Position currently held by Scott Schwab
Scott J Schwab (R)
Jeanna Repass (D)
Cullene Lang (L)
Kansas Attorney General
Position currently held by Derek Schmidt
Chris Mann (D)
Kris Kobach (R)
Kansas State Treasurer
Position currently held by Lynn Rogers
Lynn W Rogers (D)
Steven Johnson (R)
Steve Roberts (L)
Kansas Commissioner of Insurance
Position currently held by Vicki Schmidt
Vicki Schmidt (R)
Kiel Corkran (D)
Kansas State Board of Education 7th District
Position currently held by Ben Jones
Dennis Hershberger (R)
Kansas House of Representatives 69th District
Position currently held by Representative Clarke Sanders
Clarke Sanders (R)
Sarah Crews (D)
Kansas House of Representatives 71st District
Position currently held by Representative Steven K Howe
Steven K Howe (R)
Kansas House of Representatives 107th District
Position currently held by Representative Susan L Concannon
Susan L Concannon (R)
Saline County Commissioner - District 1
Position currently held by Commissioner Monte Shadwick
Monte Shadwick (R)
Saline County Commissioner - District 4
Position currently held by Commissioner James L Weese
James L Weese (R)
Saline County Commissioner - District 5
Position currently held by Commissioner Michael J White
Joe A Hay Jr (R)