With Barton County voters casting their ballots today for local general elections, Election Officer Donna Zimmerman wanted to remind voters of the polling places. This is particularly important since one has been relocated. Great Bend Township A residents who previously voted at Barton Community College will now vote at the Barton County Sheriff’s Office shooting range, located at 396 NE 30 Rd.
Polls will be open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Tuesday and voters are reminded to bring their photo ID with them.
Polling places include:
Hoisington City
• First and Second Wards – Meeting Room, Hoisington Activity Center, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, main entrance
• Third and Fourth Wards – Meeting Room, Hoisington Activity Center, main entrance
Great Bend City
• First Precinct – First Ward – Great Bend Rec Commission Activity Center 2715 18th, east main entrance
• Second Precinct – First Ward – Great Bend Rec Commission Activity Center 2715 18th, east main entrance • Third Precinct – First Ward – Great Bend Rec Commission Activity Center 2715 18th, east main entrance • First Precinct – Second Ward – Prince of Peace St. Patrick’s Parish Center, 4100 Broadway
• Second Precinct – Second Ward – Prince of Peace St. Patrick’s Parish Center, 4100 Broadway
• Third Precinct – Second Ward – Prince of Peace St. Patrick’s Parish Center, 4100 Broadway
• First Precinct – Third Ward – Grace Community Church, 210 McKinley, north entrance
• Second Precinct – Third Ward – Grace Community Church, 210 McKinley, north entrance
• Third Precinct – Third Ward – Grace Community Church, 210 McKinley, north entrance
• First Precinct – Fourth Ward – City of Great Bend Front Door, 1615 10th St.
• Second Precinct – Fourth Ward – City of Great Bend Front Door, 1615 10th St.
• Third Precinct – Fourth Ward – City of Great Bend Front Door, 1615 10th St.
Townships
• Albion Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Eureka Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Fairview Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Grant Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• North Homestead Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• South Homestead Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Union Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Walnut-Albert Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Walnut-Olmitz Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Wheatland Township – Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side
• Beaver Township – Immaculate Conception Parish Hall 110 E. Williamson, Claflin
• Cheyenne Township – Immaculate Conception Parish Hall 110 E. Williamson, Claflin
• Cleveland Township – Immaculate Conception Parish Hall 110 E. Williamson, Claflin
• Independent Township – Immaculate Conception Parish Hall 110 E. Williamson, Claflin
• Logan Township – Immaculate Conception Parish Hall 110 E. Williamson, Claflin
• Comanche Township – St. Joseph Parish Center, 110 West Second, Ellinwood
• Lakin Township – St. Joseph Parish Center, 110 West Second, Ellinwood
• Great Bend Township A – Barton County Sheriff’s Office shooting range, 396 NE 30 Rd.
• Buffalo Township – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
• Clarence Township – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
• Great Bend Township B – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
• Liberty Township – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
• Pawnee Rock Township – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
• South Bend Township – Faith Community Church Family Center 293 West Barton County Road, south entrance
Special questions also on the ballot
BY DALE HOGG
dhogg@gbtribune.com
Below are the three special ballot questions specific to Barton County residents, and the statewide constitutional question that will appear on ballots Tuesday:
• To all the qualified electors of the City Of Hoisington, Kansas:
Shall the following be adopted?
“Shall a retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one-half of one percent (0.50%) be levied in the City of Hoisington, Kansas, for the purposes of maintaining and improving public streets and infrastructure; stabilizing the property tax levy; improving, maintaining, equipping or constructing a public swimming pool and to provide improvements necessary to enhance the public’s quality of life, to take effect Oct. 1, 2020.”
• To all the qualified electors of the City Of Claflin, Kansas:
Shall the following be adopted?
“Shall the City of Claflin, Kansas, levy a one-half of one percent (.5%) retailers’ sales tax to be used for the purpose of raising additional revenue to provide an adequate level of public services within the City and for the purpose of controlling the city mill levy? The one-half percent (.5%) retailers’ sales tax will sunset after 10 years.”
• To all the qualified electors of The Township Of Cheyenne, Kansas:
Shall the following be adopted?
“Shall the Cheyenne Township Board purchase lots Four (4) and Five (5) in Block 1, of Kinzel Addition No. 1, and the buildings located thereon, in the Town of Odin, Barton County, Kansas, commonly known as 1395 B. Kinzel Street, for the purchase price not to exceed fifty two thousand dollars ($52,000), such land and buildings to be used to store, repair, and otherwise maintain township equipment?”
• Constitutional amendment
The purpose of this amendment is to eliminate the adjustment of census taken by the United States census bureau regarding nonresident military personnel and nonresident students when reapportioning the Kansas senate and House of Representatives.
A vote for this proposition would eliminate the adjustment of census taken by the United States census bureau regarding nonresident military personnel and nonresident students when reapportioning the Kansas senate and House of Representatives.
A vote against this proposition would continue in effect the requirement for the adjustment of census taken by the United States census bureau regarding nonresident military personnel and nonresident students when reapportioning the Kansas Senate.
Here are the general election candidates listed
BY DALE HOGG
dhogg@gbtribune.com
Below is a list of candidates in the various Barton County races in today’s general election from the Barton County Clerk’s Office.
In addition, any voter can go to Voterview at myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView/Home.do or from the Barton County website at bartoncounty.org/Departments/Elections/ Current Elections. A person can enter their name (typed exactly like it appears on their voter registration) and date of birth, and can learn if they are registered and where they vote, and can see a sample of their ballot (what city and county candidates appear on the ballot can depend on what ward or district in which the voter lives).
For more information, contact Zimmerman by calling 620-793-1835.
General election candidates (excluding write-ins) include:
Great Bend
Mayor, elect 1 – Rachel Mawhirter, Randolph S. Myers and Brock R. McPherson
Councilmember 1st Ward, elect 1 – Alan Moeder
Councilmember 2nd Ward, elect 1 – Jolene Biggs
Councilmember 3rd Ward, elect 1 – Cory Urban
Councilmember 4th Ward, elect 1 – no filings
Hoisington
Mayor, elect 1 Dalton Popp
Councilmember 1st Ward, elect 1 – Becky Lee Steiner
Councilmember 2nd Ward, elect 1 – Darren Reinert
Councilmember 3rd Ward, elect 1 – James Morris
Councilmember 4th Ward, elect 1 – Christina Smith and Robert Bruce
Ellinwood
Mayor, elect 1 – Irlan Fullbright
Councilmember, elect 2 – Jon L. Prescott and Steve Oelke
Claflin
Mayor, elect 1 – Mike Urban
Councilmember, elect 2 – Dan R. Michaelis and Casey Hubbard
Albert
Mayor, elect 1 – no filings
Councilmember, elect 5 – no filings
Galatia
Mayor, elect 1 – no filings
Councilmember, elect 5 – no filings
Olmitz
Mayor, elect 1 – no filings
Councilmember, elect 2 – no filings
Pawnee Rock
Mayor, elect 1 – Terry A. Mead and Linda C. McCowan Waite
Councilmember, elect 2 – Debora Bader, Christien Mead and Lakin Dill
Susank
Mayor, elect 1 – no filings
Councilmember, elect 5 – no filings
Unified School District No. 428
Board Member, elect 4 – Susan Young, Chris Umphres, Lori Reneau and Aaron Emerson
Unified School District No. 431
Board Member, elect 4 – Don L. Fisher, Dean Stoskopf, Rebeca Mooney, Jessica Ann Baze and Maggie McCain
Unified School District No. 355
Board Member, elect 4 – John Sturn, Jason C Winget, Darren Beckwith, Michael S. Miller, Virginia Fullbright, Drew Hosman and Mark W. Batchman
Unexpired term Board Member, elect 1 – Whitney Asher and Linda Borror
Barton Community College
Trustee, elect 3 – Gary Burke and Mike Johnson
Ellinwood Hospital District
Trustee, elect 2 – Joyce Schulte and W. Diann O’Neal
Cottonwood Extension District No. 17
Board Member, elect 2 – Kathie M. Rondeau and Richard W. Dougherty
