Election 2020
All the information you need to make an informed decision in Kansas and Missouri.
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Missouri Elections 2020
Kansas Elections 2020
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Amendment 7 prohibits ranked-choice voting, with an exception for St. Louis. It also changes a line in the Missouri Constitution to specify that “only” U.S. citizens have the right to vote, rather than “all” U.S. citizens. -
Students at Guadalupe Centers High School have spent weeks learning about specific races, ballot measures and candidates — even though many of them can't vote yet. -
An estimated 41 million members of Generation Z became eligible to vote in 2024. In Missouri, millennial and Gen Z college students have been working to get these young potential voters registered and prepared to cast a ballot. Together, they’ve put in hundreds of hours of work on everything from statewide initiatives to experiments with individuals. -
The strip of about seven blocks in Overland Park is represented by a Republican, in a district where almost half the registered voters are Republican. But more than half the yard signs on that strip favor the Democratic challenger. -
Ahead of the 2024 election, learn how Missouri and Kansas keep voter registration lists up to date, count and protect ballots, and certify election results. -
A 2020 Census survey found that 2.4% of potential voters didn’t cast a ballot because they couldn’t get to the polls. To address this problem, a number of local organizations are offering free or discounted rides for this Tuesday’s election. -
Missouri's legislature passed a law in 2022 allowing two weeks of "no excuse absentee" voting before Election Day. It's already proving popular, with turnouts approaching 20% of the total cast four years ago. Voters aren't dissuaded by the long wait times, though. -
Missouri is disenfranchising Black voters at double the rate, with 'real consequences for elections'A new report estimates that 1.7% of Missourians over 18 can’t vote because they have felony convictions. That rate is more than twice as high for Black Missourians, who are also disproportionately incarcerated. -
Republican candidate Denny Hoskins wants to mandate hand counting ballots for all elections, saying he distrusts machines. Democrat Barbara Phifer calls it an "attempt to sow distrust and chaos," and election officials predict delayed and error-prone results. -
Even in the highest turnout years, a third of the eligible voters in Kansas stay home. A nonpartisan group of voter advocates is working to close that gap by nudging their families, friends, book clubs and exercise buddies to get to the polls.
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