Election Calendar & Information - 2012
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Candidate List (includes only candidates who have filed all required paperwork)
Questions & Answers about Elections
Information and Documents for Candidates (County, Township, & Precinct)
Election Results will be posted on this web site beginning as soon as the first returns are received Election Night. Returns will be updated periodically. Returns are unofficial until they are canvassed on the Monday following each election.
Offices up for election this year...
President/Vice President, four US Representatives, 40 State Senators, 125 State Representatives, one Kansas Supreme Court Justice (retention), six Kansas Court of Appeals Judges, District Court Judges (retention), and Linn County: Commissioner District 2, Commissioner District 3, County Attorney, County Clerk, County Register of Deeds, County Sheriff, and County Treasurer, and Township Treasurers, Township Trustees, Precinct Committeemen, and Precinct Committeewomen.
Voters who vote at polling places and in-person advance at the County Clerk's office will be required to show photo identification before they receive a ballot. Acceptable forms of identification include:
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Driver's license issued by Kansas or another state
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State identification card issued by Kansas or another state
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Concealed carry of handgun license issued by Kansas or another state
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U.S. passport
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Employee badge or identification document issued by a government agency
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U.S. military identification
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Student identification card issued by an accredited postsecondary institution of education in Kansas
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Public assistance identification card issued by a government agency
Voters who vote by mail advance ballots must submit either their driver's license number or a copy of an acceptable photographic identification documents (see list above.) Voters who are 65 or older may use an expired document.
Certain individuals are exempt from the ID requirements: permanent advance voters, overseas military voters and their spouses and dependents, and voters with religious objections who sign declarations.
Advance Voting
Voters must be registered in Linn County to cast an advance ballot. Voter registration books are open for new registrations, changes of names, and changes of address or other information until 21 days prior to any election.
Voters may request an advance ballot by mail. The application form is available in the clerk’s office or on the web site. Applications for advance ballots by mail may be filed with the clerk's office anytime until noon on the Friday before an election. Advance ballots will be mailed as soon as they are received from the printer, which is usually two weeks prior to Election Day.
Advance ballots that are not voted in person at the clerk's office at the courthouse must be delivered by mail to the voter's registered address or to an alternate address that can be written on the advance ballot application form.
After completion the ballot must be sealed in an envelope provided, with the voter's signature on the exterior of the envelope. The ballot may be returned by mail or by hand to the clerk’s office no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Voters who want to cast an advance ballot by mail should allow adequate time for their advance ballot application to be delivered to the clerk's office, the ballot to be mailed to the voter, and the completed ballot to be returned to the clerk's office by Election Day.
Primary Election - Tuesday, August 7, 2012
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Advance Ballots by mail may be requested beginning April 1, 2012, until noon Friday, August 3, 2012. During that time period you may call (913) 795-2668, write, or email our office with your request for the ballot application. We will mail a ballot application which must be signed and returned to the County Clerk's Office before the ballot is mailed. Be sure to allow adequate time for receiving and returning your advance ballot. You may also print, complete, and mail an advance ballot application by clicking here. Be sure you read and comply with all directions on the Advance Ballot Application.
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Mid-July - We will begin mailing Primary Election advance ballots.
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Monday, July 23, 2012, 4:30 p.m., voter registration books close. All new voter registrations must be submitted and all changes in registration information (last name, address, etc.) must be made prior to the deadline.
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July 24, 2012 - Noon April 4, 2012, Advance Voting in person in the County Clerk's Office at the Courthouse. The office is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. We will also be open from 9 a.m. to noon on the two Saturdays preceding the election.
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August 7, 2012 - Election Day. Polling Places open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Advance ballots must be turned in to the County Clerk's Office by the time polls close.
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August 8, 2012 - Voter Registration Books open for new registrations and changes.
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Monday following election or second Thursday following election - County Commission, acting as the Board of Canvassers, canvass election returns.