Every single voter in Lyon County has a reason to vote.
Some confusion has been evident among Lyon County residents who think that, because they did not need to vote in the primary election, there is no contest happening in their precincts in the general election, said County Clerk Karen Hartenbower.
“The primary was just narrowing the field,” Hartenbower said. “Everybody in Lyon County has something to vote on.”
Several precincts in school board elections had only two candidates file for thea seats. Consequently, there were not enough candidates to require a vote in the primary.
In the general election, however, those two candidates constitute a race for a school-board seat.
Hartenbower said that voting as of early afternoon Friday had been slow. One hundred forty-nine ballots were mailed out for absentee voters, and 418 people had voted in advance.
Monday morning will be the last opportunity for local voters to cast their ballots in advance of Tuesday’s general election. Advance voting ends at noon at Hartenbower’s office.
For those who remain undecided, The Gazette has been printing candidates’ responses to questions in recent editions and will publish a special section with all candidates’ responses in Monday’s paper.
Emporia City Commissioners Bob Agler and Tom Myers are running for re-election. Their opponents are Phil Dillon, Jeff Longbine, Kevin Nelson and Jesse Solis. Voters will elect three commissioners.
Eight candidates are running for four open positions on the Emporia Board of Education. Board president Grant Riles is the only current board member running for re-election. Others on the ballot are Michael C. Helbert, Arden (Ardie) Lauxman, Leslie Rathke-Seeley, Angie Schreiber, Glen Strickland, Ty Wheeler and Brent Windsor.
Candidates for contested seats in Southern Lyon County are Kenny Hamman and Donald E. Roberts, Position 2; Craig A. Clark and Roland Martin, Position 7 (at-large).
Greg Larson and Wayne Symmonds are candidates for Position 7, the only contested race on the North Lyon County school board.
Below are the polling places for Emporia and Lyon County precincts:
Precinct 1 and 2: St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 828 Commercial St.; 3 and 4, Civic Auditorium, 521 Market St.; 5 and 6, Recreation Center, 313 West Fourth Ave.; 7, 8, and 9, public library, 110 E. Sixth Ave.; 10 and 25, Girl Scout Council, 1200 Burlingame Road; 11, 12, and 13, nursing school, 1127 Chestnut St.; 14 and 15, Lincoln Village clubhouse, 2502 Lincoln St.; 16, 17 and 18, Presbyterian Church west campus, 1702 W. 15th Ave.;
Also, Precinct 21, North Lyon County Library, Allen; 22 and 23, Admire Methodist Church; 24, school district office, Americus; 26, Reading civic building; 27 and 29, Flint Hills Technical College, 3301 W. 18th Ave.; 28, Logan Avenue School, 521 S. East St.; 30, Neosho Rapids city building; 31, Olpe Knights of Columbus Hall; 32, Hartford community building.
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Concerned_Emporian (anonymous) says...
Why are there no video interviews and photos for the Emporia School Board candidates on the Gazette website? I understand that they were done with the idea of helping voters see and hear those candidates as well as the City Commission candidates. It's right before the election, and they're nowhere to be seen. The two City Commission candidates that did not make it through the primary should have been deleted from the current website also. The total emphasis has been on the Commission race, with very little attention to the important School Board race until this past week.
April 1, 2007 at 10:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )