By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Geary County Clerk Courtney Gilbert has noted that a question that officials get a lot is, “What is this election for?”
A presidential preference primary takes an act by the Kansas legislature to be conducted. The enactment takes the responsibility from the two state parties (Republican and Democrat) in Kansas from conducting a caucus, and instead, having the State of Kansas conduct a primary election. It is a “preference” primary because it is an election where the vote totals are given to a political party to allocate delegates to candidates at the national convention. This is not a primary where the voters selected the party candidate.
Advance voting at the County Office Building for the election has ended, voters will need to vote at their designated polling location from 7:00am-7:00pm on Tuesday, March 19th. If you aren’t sure what your polling location is, you may contact the county clerk's office at 785-238-3912 or go to this website here https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView.