Voter turnout

A slate of conservative women seeking office pitched campaign messages to Johnson County voters Friday. Johnson County sheriff Calvin Hayden and Republican attorney general candidate Kris Kobach, who were expected to speak, did not appear.

Kansans went to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will advance to the general election in several key races. They also weighed in on whether the state constitution includes the right to an abortion.

Republicans have gotten most of the attention in the U.S. Senate primary in Missouri, but August 2 also has a competitive Democratic primary too. Plus, one candidate hopes he will become one of the few elected Hispanic officials in Jackson County.

Kansas has more unaffiliated voters than registered Democrats, but the state has little data about how the group will vote in the August primary.

But some election officials say the three weeks of in-person, no-excuse absentee voting is still too restrictive — and others don't like the legislation restarting Missouri's photo identification requirement.

In 47 states, the Republican Party has been proposing, and sometimes passing, sweeping new laws to restrict voting access.

In "The Gun Gap" Mark Joslyn points to the importance of getting beyond the gun owner stereotype.

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At polling locations across the metro there were significant lines to start Election Day.

Despite social unrest, a deadly pandemic and a divided country, Black and Latino voters in Kansas City are motivated to vote and want a return to normalcy.

Lines were short in Johnson County Tuesday morning because so many Kansans voted early. In Missouri, there were long waits to vote in some precincts, but not at Arrowhead.

Voter suppression has a long history, according to political scientist Darius Watson, and it is constantly taking on new forms.