Advance voting Saturday, also Aug. 2
By The Herald Staff
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Voters will be able to vote in the primary election in advance from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the county clerk’s office at the Franklin County Courthouse, 315 S. Main St., Ottawa.
Advance voting also will be conducted the same time Aug. 2, another Saturday, County Clerk Shari Perry said.
Those who don’t think they’ll be able to vote on primary election day, Aug. 5, can vote in advance at her office, she said.
So far, nearly 280 people have requested advance ballots and about 30 already have cast votes since the advance voting period began last week, she said.
Perry also urged parents to take their children to the polls when they vote.
“It gives them encouragement to vote later on,” she said.
Kids Voting, a joint effort among community groups and the Ottawa schools, will have a series of events and activities in the run-up to the general election in November.
In Franklin County, there are several primaries.
At the federal level, the Democrats have a primary for U.S. Senate between Lee Jones, an Overland Park railroader, and Jim Slattery, former U.S. representative from northeast Kansas.
The 2nd District Congressional race pits Republicans Lynn Jenkins, state treasurer, and Jim Ryun, former U.S. representative from northeast Kansas.
On the legislative level, Republicans have two primaries.
Cynthia “Cara” Polsley, 22-year-old University of Kansas student from Ottawa, and Jeannie Plaisted, Osawatomie, who has sought the nomination before, seek to challenge Democrat incumbent Bill Feuerborn in the 5th Kansas House District, which covers Ottawa south of the river, most of southern Franklin County and parts of Anderson and Miami counties.
In the 9th Kansas House District, which includes southwestern Franklin County and parts of Coffey and Anderson counties and all of Allen County, incumbent Bill Otto, LeRoy, is being challenged by Sheila Lampe, Piqua, who staged a primary challenge against him last election.
Republicans also have two primary contests for county offices.
Sheriff Craig Davis faces challengers Jim Honn, a retired Shawnee County deputy; and Tony LeMaster, a former Franklin County jail administrator.
Commissioner Roy Dunn is being challenged for his 3rd District seat by David Hood, retired Ottawa firefighter.
The 3rd District includes part of northern Ottawa and most of north and northwestern Franklin County, including Pomona.
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