Kansas voting update: More than a half-million ballots cast, election chief predicts record turnout

TOPEKA — Before early voting poll locations closed at noon Monday in Kansas, the state’s top election official already predicted record-breaking voter turnout.

The Kansas Secretary of State’s office reported Saturday that more than 453,000 early ballots had been cast in person and nearly 123,000 of the 165,700 ballots mailed to voters had been returned. Secretary of State Scott Schwab predicted that Kansas’ total voter turnout will exceed the totals from 2016 and 2020.

Presidential election years typically see higher voter turnout. The office said Kansas saw 71% turnout in 2020 and 67% in 2016. The office reported more than 2 million Kansans are registered to vote this year, which is up from 1.98 million in 2022, 1.93 million in 2020 and 1.74 million in 2016. As of Friday, more than 500,000 people and counting had voted early, a 25% turnout ahead of Election Day.

“We are on track to set a record, so I encourage every voter to get out and exercise their constitutional right,” Schwab said in a Friday news release.



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