KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who was fatally shot after wounding three Kansas City police officers during a gunfight had not drawn local law enforcement’s attention before he became a person of interest this month in the death of a college student from India, police said Monday.
Mack -photo KCPD
Investigators believe 25-year-old Marlin Mack opened fire on officers Sunday with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle during a confrontation that began outside a motel before moving to a nearby home, Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith said.
Smith, who didn’t say where Mack was from, declined to say what preceded the confrontations. But he said one of the injured officers was expected to be released Monday and would need ongoing medical attention. The other two will remain hospitalized but are in stable condition, Smith said.
Mack was wanted for questioning in the slaying of 25-year-old Sharath Koppu, who was fatally shot during an armed robbery on July 6 at a fast-food restaurant. Relatives said Koppu was studying for a master’s degree in computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Investigators believe Koppu, who was helping a friend at the restaurant, was the random victim of a robbery, police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said Monday. Video from the restaurant prompted up to 40 tips, which Smith said was vital to finding Mack.
“I can’t thank those people enough for having the courage to call our tips hotline and being willing to reach out to us,” Smith said.
Officers found Mack on Sunday at a motel in eastern Kansas City. Investigators said he fired at officers , hitting two of them. Mack then fled to a nearby home where more gunfire was exchanged. He eventually came out of the house firing and was shot by officers, police said.
A juvenile who fled the scene of the first shooting was taken into custody but isn’t expected to face charges, Becchina said Monday.
Smith said police were not aware of Mack before Koppu’s shooting. Prison officials in Missouri and Kansas have no record of any prior violations, and online court records show no criminal history for Mack.
Koppu was a software engineer who came to the United States from India in January, according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family. His cousin, Raghu Chowdavaram, told WDAF-TV on Monday that Koppu was chasing his dream of earning a graduate degree in computer engineering.
“He was determined to do something very big,” Chowdavaram said.
Yugi Lee, a professor in the Missouri-Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering, said Monday that Koppu was one of the top students in two classes he took from her and a summer course she coordinated. She said he had the second-best overall score in one class and the top mark in the second class, and also showed leadership and innovative thinking. Lee said she intended to contact Koppu’s parents in India to show them what an exceptional student their son had been.
“We are missing him a lot,” Lee said. “He was an excellent student. We are pretty shocked and sad about the situation.”
University Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal expressed thanks in a statement Sunday to the officers who were wounded while investigating Koppu’s death, saying they “risked their lives to pursue justice.”
Jagdeesh Subramanian, president of the India Association of Kansas City, said the robbery and fatal shooting of Koppu appeared random and unfortunately “could have happened to anybody.”
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surveillance video image of suspected gunman courtesy KCMO PD
Authorities say they plan to release more information about a deadly gunfight with a man who’d been under surveillance in the fatal shooting of an Indian university student in Missouri.
Police say more details will be released Monday afternoon about the shooting Sunday that also wounded three police officers in Kansas City.
Police say the officers suffered wounds that weren’t life threatening and expressed thanks Monday for the community’s “thoughts and prayers.”
Investigators haven’t released the name of the man killed Sunday but say he was a person of interest in the slaying of 25-year-old Sharath Koppu.
Koppu was a master’s degree student from India studying at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He was shot during an armed robbery on July 6 at a fast food restaurant where he worked.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas conservative firebrand Kris Kobach, who appears in parades riding a jeep with a replica machine gun mounted on back, failed Monday to land the coveted endorsement from the National Rifle Association in the Republican primary race for governor.
Instead, it went to Gov. Jeff Colyer, who immediately touted his “A” rating from the gun rights group ahead of the state’s Aug. 7 primary
But Kobach pointed to his own “A” rating from the NRA and announced his endorsement by Gun Owners of America, which describes itself as a “no-compromise” gun-rights group.
Gun-rights advocates are a key constituency for Republicans in Kansas, which has loosened gun laws over the past decade so that no state permit is required for adults 21 and older to carry concealed weapons. The Republican candidates’ rhetoric contrasts sharply with Democratic candidates’ embrace of gun-control policies backed by their party’s liberal base, even if they’ve favored gun-rights measures in the past.
“The Second Amendment is the load-bearing wall of the Constitution,” Colyer said in a statement expressing pride at his NRA endorsement. “It must be protected or the whole institution will come crumbling down.”
Kobach has relished critics’ consternation over the jeep he uses in parades with a replica machine gun. The vehicle also is painted with a U.S. flag design.
“The right of law-abiding citizens to protect their families is non-negotiable,” Kobach said in a statement. “I will never back down in defense of those rights.”
David Kopel, an adjunct law professor at Denver University, said Gun Owners of America is more “pure ideologically” and less willing to accept legislative compromises to make incremental progress in broadening gun rights. He said it’s possible for a candidate with a good NRA grade to have a significantly lower grade with the other group.
But, Kopel, also the research director for a free-market think tank, said a candidate endorsed by either group is “probably good on gun issues.”
Colyer is battling to win a full, four-year term after being elevated from lieutenant governor to governor in January, when ex-GOP Gov. Sam Brownback resigned to take an ambassador’s post. Kobach is a serious threat to unseat him in a crowded Republican field.
The governor has been lining up endorsements, including on Monday from conservative Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the nation’s most prominent GOP governors.
Among other things, the NRA letter cited Colyer’s support for granting state permits to carry concealed guns at age 18.
“His brand of effective conservative leadership matches up very well against the challengers and people see that he can get things done,” said Colyer spokesman Kendall Marr.
Kobach has a solid base on the political right after more than a decade of advocating tough policies against illegal immigration and strict voter identification laws. He dismissed the NRA’s endorsement of Colyer as “incumbent protection.”
Kobach’s campaign released its own letter Monday from the NRA’s PAC that confirmed his “A” rating with the group without giving him a formal endorsement. It praised him for helping to draft a 2013 state law declaring that the federal government has no power to regulate guns made, sold and kept only in Kansas.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has endorsed Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer as Colyer faces a crowded Republican primary featuring a serious challenge on his right.
Gov. Colyer during a weekend media announcement -image courtesy Dr. Jeff Colyer campaign
Colyer announced the endorsement Monday. Walker said in a statement that he is backing Colyer in his bid to stay in office because Colyer has shown “real commonsense, conservative leadership.”
Walker is among the nation’s most prominent Republican governors and is seeking a third term this year in Wisconsin. He is a former Republican Governors Association chairman.
Colyer is in a contentious race in the state’s Aug. 7 primary. The field includes conservative firebrand and Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Kobach has advised President Donald Trump and Walker’s endorsement of Colyer came a day before a planned Kobach fundraiser in Wichita with Donald Trump Jr.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Bidders have spent nearly $80,000 for baseball memorabilia a former Kansas City Royals second baseman put up for auction last month.
County Executive Frank White photo courtesy Jackson County
Crown Sports Auctions Co-founder Jeff Logan tells the Kansas City Star that Frank White’s miniature World Series trophy went for $33,000 and his 1980 Gold Glove award sold for almost $13,400. White became Jackson County’s top elected official in 2016.
White declined to comment on how he plans to spend the proceeds, which could relieve some financial pressure he’s faced since his ties with the Royals were severed seven years ago.
His Lee’s Summit house has been listed for foreclosure three times, most recently in April.
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is investigating how White could remove their home from the foreclosure list for the first time in 2016.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two churches in Kansas say they’ll protect immigrants facing deportation even if it means arrest.
Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton -google image
Newton’s Shalom Mennonite Church and Moundridge’s First Mennonite Church are two of a growing number of churches nationwide that have joined the sanctuary movement. Those churches have pledged to offer sanctuary to immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally and face the threat of deportation.
Some churches have opposed the sanctuary movement, saying religious spaces have no legal authority to protect immigrants or that it’s immoral to harbor people in the U.S. illegally.
Pastors at Shalom and First Mennonite say they wouldn’t try concealing their housing someone, but understand there could still be consequences.
Both churches will undergo renovations to create spaces for immigrant families to live while they work on their legal cases.
TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a burglary at a gun store, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
Tyree-Peppers photo Shawnee Co.
Darnell Tyree-Peppers, 19, Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer. In his plea, he admitted that on July 23, 2017, he and another person broke into Integrity Gun and Pawn, 1949 SW Gage.
Surveillance video showed two burglars wearing masks, hooded shirts and gloves smashed the front window of the store. They went straight to a gun case and grabbed eleven handguns before fleeing the scene. The stolen firearms included 9 mm pistols and 40-caliber pistols.
On Aug. 7, 2017, the Nevada Highway Patrol stopped a car in Nevada and seized a Walther .40-caliber pistol that was determined to be one of the stolen guns. Investigators later identified Tyree-Peppers and a juvenile as burglars.
Last week, Triumph Foods in St. Joseph donated just over 30,000 pounds of premium pork products to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Missouri.
“A donation of this size allows our organization to provide over 36,000 nutritious meals to those in need,” Blake Haynes, Communications Coordinator for Second Harvest. “We thank Triumph Foods for their support and dedication of creating a hunger-free Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas.”
Second Harvest serves 19 counties in Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. This area currently has more than 49,000 individuals who aren’t sure where they will get their next meal.
“Triumph Foods continues to stand by our commitment to Second Harvest and will continue to fight against food insecurity and hunger in St. Joseph and the entire Second Harvest service area,” said Chris Clark, Communications Manager with Triumph. “A strong commitment to our community is a fundamental part of the foundation of our company. We are excited to grow this partnership with Second Harvest for years to come.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of Congress, including some Republicans, are criticizing President Donald Trump’s performance at a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “bizarre,” ”shameful” and a “missed opportunity” to stand up to Russia.
President Trump Holds a Joint Press Conference with the President of the Russian Federation https://t.co/lwMZX6vxGZ
Russia remains a threat to our national security. Our Intelligence Community has proven Russia attempted to interfere with our elections. We have to remain vigilant when dealing with this dangerous adversary.
House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a strongly worded statement, saying there’s “no question” that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, and noting that U.S. intelligence agencies and a House panel agreed.
“The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally,” Ryan said, in what was, for the mild-mannered speaker, akin to a reprimand. Ryan said Russia “remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals.”
Other high-profile Republicans also expressed dismay.
“I never thought I would see the day when our American President would stand on the stage with the Russian President and place blame on the United States for Russian aggression,” tweeted Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. “This is shameful.”
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., called it “bizarre” and “flat-out wrong” for Trump to suggest that both the U.S. and Russia are to blame for the deteriorated state of the two countries’ relationship.
Even Trump’s sometimes ally Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called the summit a “missed opportunity by President Trump to firmly hold Russia accountable for 2016 meddling and deliver a strong warning regarding future elections.”
Image courtesy White House
Graham quipped that Trump ought to check a soccer ball Putin gave to Trump for listening devices, “and never allow it in the White House.”
The Republican rebuke from Capitol Hill came largely from those lawmakers who have been willing to openly criticize the president. But key Republicans, Democrats and others in Washington appeared stunned that Trump refused to publicly condemn Russian interference in the 2016 election or warn against future meddling during the joint press conference with Putin in Finland.
Trump appeared to take the Russian president’s denial of interference at face value while calling the U.S.’s own Justice Department special counsel’s probe as a “disaster.” That U.S. investigation, led by special counsel Robert Mueller, unveiled an indictment Friday against 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking Democratic emails during the 2016 campaign.
At the joint appearance in Finland with Putin, Trump repeated the Russian leader’s denials about involvement in the election.
“He just said it’s not Russia,” Trump said of Putin. “I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be.”
Former intelligence chiefs who served under President Barack Obama were scathing in their criticism of his remarks. John Brennan, who served as CIA director between 2013 and January 2017, called the president’s comments “treasonous.”
“Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???” Brennan tweeted.
James Clapper, who was director of national intelligence under Obama between 2010 and 2017, described Trump remarks as “truly unbelievable.”
“On the world stage in front of the entire globe the president of the United States essentially capitulated and seems intimidated by Vladimir Putin,” Clapper told CNN. “It was amazing and very, very disturbing.”
Clapper described Putin as an “arch enemy of the United States” who seeks to undermine its democracy and elections. “He has got to be celebrating on the way home to Moscow.”
Democrats sounded similar alarm. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted, “For the President to side with Putin over his own intelligence officials and blame the United States for Russia’s attack on our democracy is a complete disgrace.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the minority leader, says never in the history of the country has a president supported an American adversary the way Trump supported Putin. “For the president of the United States to side with President Putin against American law enforcement, American defense officials, and American intelligence agencies is thoughtless, dangerous, and weak.”
Yet while Trump’s remarks drew criticism in both parties, the reaction was more muted from the Republican side. Key GOP lawmakers at least initially refrained from directly attacking Trump’s performance, and at least one echoed the president’s criticism of the special counsel probe.
Rep. Darrell Issa of California he takes the charges filed by Mueller’s team seriously, but added, “I personally would neither rule in nor rule out the validity of a very interesting and odd-timed indictment of people who can never be brought to justice.”
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The one-on-one meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is running overtime and has now passed the two-hour mark.
A Finnish official said the two leaders were still meeting as of 4:09 p.m., two hours after they began their meeting in the Gothic Hall of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. The White House had scheduled 90 minutes for the meeting, in which only translators are present.
It’s not the first time the presidents’ talks have gone long. In their first meeting last year, they ended up talking for more than two hours. Midway through, first lady Melania Trump was sent in to help wrap things up. Trump and Putin continued to talk for another hour.
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting privately, joined only by translators, in the Finnish Presidential Palace.
The two leaders entered the Gothic Hall with serious expressions, moving quickly to two ornate wooden chairs set before American and Russian flags. Trump sat upright as Putin appeared to lounge in his chair.
Trump deferred to Putin to make opening remarks, nodding along as his comments in Russian were translated. Trump predicted that the pair will have an “extraordinary relationship.”
Trump initiated a brief handshake with Putin, as the assembled press jostled to capture the moment.
Putin appeared to smirk as Trump ignored shouted questions about whether he would warn the Russian leader against meddling in the 2018 midterm elections.
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President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin arrived Monday at Helsinki’s presidential palace for a long-awaited summit, hours after Trump blamed the United States, and not Russian election meddling or its annexation of Crimea, for a low-point in U.S.-Russia relations
The drama was playing out against a backdrop of fraying Western alliances, a new peak in the Russia investigation and fears that Moscow’s aggression may go unchallenged.
“Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse,” Trump tweeted Monday morning, blaming “many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!”
The summit, which was being closely watched by rattled world capitals, was condemned in advance by members of Congress from both parties after the U.S. indictment last week of 12 Russian military intelligence officers accused of hacking Democrats in the 2016 election to help Trump’s presidential campaign. Undeterred, the American president was set to go face to face with Putin, the authoritarian leader for whom he has expressed admiration.
Trump was greeted at the palace by Finland’s president. The summit was starting later than scheduled because Putin arrived in Helsinki about a half hour late in another display of the Russian’s leader famous lack of punctuality. Trump seemed to return the favor by waiting until Putin had arrived at the palace before leaving his hotel. Putin has been late for past meetings with the pope and British Queen, among many others.
Trump and his aides have repeatedly tried to lower expectations about what the summit will achieve. He told CBS News that he didn’t “expect anything” from Putin, while his national security adviser said the U.S. wasn’t looking for any “concrete deliverables.” Trump told reporters during a breakfast Monday with Finland’s president that he thought the summit would go “fine.”
The meeting comes as questions swirl about whether Trump will sharply and publicly rebuke his Russian counterpart for the election meddling that prompted a special counsel probe that Trump has repeatedly labeled a “witch hunt.”
In his tweets, Trump continued to undermine the investigation and blamed his predecessor, Barack Obama, for failing to stop Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election in Trump’s favor. He claimed Obama “was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it.”
The Obama administration did, in fact, take action, including confronting Putin in person as well as expelling nearly three dozen Russian diplomats the U.S. said were actually intelligence operatives and imposing new sanctions.
While Trump was eager for a made-for-TV moment that will dominate headlines like his sit-down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month, the Kremlin’s primary mission was simply to have the summit happen. Putin hopes the meeting, mere hours after he presided over the World Cup finals, will help him forge good personal ties with Trump and focus on areas where Moscow and Washington may be able to find common ground, such as Syria.
The two leaders first meet one on one in the Finnish presidential palace’s opulent Gothic Hall, then continue their discussions with an expanded group of aides and over lunch in the Hall of Mirrors, once the emperor’s throne room. The leaders will conclude by taking questions at a joint news conference.
Observers have raised concerns about the fact that the leaders will be alone during their first meeting, but for a pair of interpreters, meaning there will be no corroborating witnesses to accurately represent what was said during the conversation.
Putin will likely not be shooting for official recognition of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea or easing of the crippling U.S. sanctions, aware that the U.S. Congress would never allow such action. But he would welcome a symbolic end to Western protests over Crimea and Moscow’s attempts to destabilize elections and traditional Western alliances and norms.
Trump unleashed his own attacks on those very institutions before arriving in Finland.
In an interview with CBS News that aired Sunday, Trump described the European Union, a bloc of nations that includes many of America’s closest allies, as a “foe.”
That attack on the alliance came on the heels of Trump’s jarring appearance at a NATO summit in Brussels, where he harshly criticized traditional allies over “delinquent” defense spending only to later confirm his commitment to the military alliance that has long been a bulwark against Russian aggression.
“NATO is now strong & rich!” Trump wrote in a celebratory tweet Monday morning. During his breakfast, he said NATO had “never been more together” and said the summit had been “a little bit tough at the beginning, but it turned out to be love.”
Prior to meeting Putin, who has cracked down on the free press, Trump unleashed fresh attacks on the news media, including from aboard Air Force One as it descended into Helsinki.
“Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn’t good enough – that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition!” Trump tweeted. “Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems know how to do is resist and obstruct!”
“Russia has done nothing to deserve us meeting them in this way,” said Nina Jankowicz, a global fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute who specializes in Russia, Ukraine and disinformation. For Putin, she added, “not only is this a P.R. coup no matter what happens, Trump could say nothing and it would help to legitimize his regime.”
Hovering over Helsinki is the specter of the 2016 election interference and ongoing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia.
Trump said in Britain last week — another chaotic stop on his European tour — that he would raise the issue of election meddling with Putin even as he played down its impact.
“I don’t think you’ll have any ‘Gee, I did it. I did it. You got me,'” said Trump, invoking a television detective. “There won’t be a Perry Mason here, I don’t think. But you never know what happens, right? But I will absolutely firmly ask the question.”
Trump also said in the CBS interview that he had given no thought to asking Putin to extradite the dozen Russian military intelligence officers indicted this past week in on charges related to the hacking of Democratic targets.
But after being asked about that by his interviewer, Trump said “certainly I’ll be asking about it” although extradition is highly unlikely. The U.S. doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Moscow and can’t force the Russians to hand over citizens. Russia’s constitution also prohibits turning over citizens to foreign governments.
Putin is likely to strongly reaffirm his denial of any meddling and cast the U.S. charges as unfounded.
The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected last week’s indictment as part of a “shameful comedy” staged by those in the U.S. who try to prevent the normalization of Russia-U.S. ties, arguing that it doesn’t contain evidence to back the accusations.
On Syria, a possible deal could see Moscow helping mediate the withdrawal of Iranian forces and their Hezbollah proxies from the areas alongside Syria’s border with Israel — a diplomatic coup that would reflect Russia’s carefully cultivated ties with both Israel and Iran.
While both Putin and Trump spoke about the need to discuss arms control issues, they are unlikely to make any quick deals. They may underline the importance of continuing the discussions, setting the stage for discussions on expert level.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – Healthy Plus, a medical service start-up in Lee’s Summit, plans to relocate to Independence and add up to 125 jobs.
The company announced Friday that it plans to put its headquarters in a former Sprint building near Interstate 70.
Healthy Plus was founded last year by former University of Missouri-Kansas City assistant basketball coach Sean Bledsoe. It helps doctors and health systems schedule annual wellness visits for Medicare patients.
The Kansas City Star reports Healthy Plus currently has 11 employees but plans to grow by 75 to 125 employees in the next two years.
Tom Lesnak, president of the Independence Economic Development Council, said 40 employees were already planning to join Healthy Plus in the next three weeks.
The deadline to register before the Aug. 7 primaries is Tuesday, July 17. Fear not, registering is easy.
FILE PHOTO CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
So is finding your polling location, or voting in advance. Read on.
Got a criminal record? Seriously, read on.
First, check if you’re already registered and have a party affiliation
All you need is your birth date, county of residence and full name to check online.
Easy, right?
You’ll also see whether you have declared any party affiliation. Your address needs to be current, so pay attention to that detail. Even if you just moved within your apartment building or block.
You need a party affiliation to vote in the primary. You can still pick Republican or Democrat by re-registering — or you can declare at the polls. But if you already have one and were hoping to switch, it’s too late to do so for the primary.
Not registered yet or want to update your registration?
Online, mail and in-person options will all work in time for the July 17 deadline. You don’t need to include copies of citizenship documents, such as a passport or birth certificate, as was the case in the past.
IN PERSON: Visit your county election office, which is easy to find. If you happen to be at your local DMV to get or renew your driver’s license, you can do it there, too.
ONLINE: Register online using the state form on the Kansas Secretary of State’s website. Some civic groups have been recommending filling out the federal form on the third-party website KSvotes.org instead, for reasons related to a protracted and convoluted legal showdown between the League of Women Voters and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. (It’s a long story.) Either form will get you fully registered to vote in local, state and federal elections. Just remember to leave enough time for the internet to do its magic by midnight July 17.
BY MAIL: You can print a state form or federal form and send it by good old snail mail. As long as it is postmarked July 17 or earlier, it counts.
BY MAIL: Request a ballot from your county election office by July 31. Fill it out in your kitchen or wherever and mail it back postmarked no later than election day. As long as it reaches the county by the Friday after the election, it will be counted.
Or, heck, go to the polls on election day!
Don’t forget you need to take ID to the polls in Kansas. Your driver’s license or concealed carry permit will work, among other things.
Your online registration record will show you the districts you live in. For example, “State Board of Education 4” and “Kansas Representative 46.” You can see who’s running in State Board of Education District 4 or any other position by pulling up the complete candidate list.
What to make of the candidates? You’ll have to do your own homework on that.
If you have a criminal record
If you’ve been convicted of a misdemeanor, you can vote. If you’ve been convicted of a felony, you can vote, too, once you have completed any prison, probation and parole time you received.
You may need to re-register, so remember to check now whether you are registered.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen is a reporter for the Kansas News Service. You can reach her on Twitter @Celia_LJ.
(UPDATE – 9:09 a.m., July 16, 2018) According to Doniphan County Emergency Management Coordinator Julie Meng, the burn ban for Doniphan County, Kansas, has been lifted.
Meng asks residents to use caution when burning.
Doniphan County was placed under a burn ban on Wednesday, July 11, due to the extreme dry conditions and heat.
