Today’s primary election is a big one for Douglas County voters. Some races will likely be decided in the primary election, and a lot hangs in the balance. Here’s our key need-to-know election info, all in one place.
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Five Douglas County elected offices and several state Legislature seats representing Lawrence are up for grabs this election year.
In addition to all the coverage below, you can see our YouTube playlist of candidate forum recordings at this link or by visiting our YouTube channel, youtube.com/@LawrenceKSTimes. You’ll find additional news coverage of the election — including results once they become available shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday — at lawrencekstimes.com/election2024.
The Nov. 5 general election, too, will be important. We’ll have plenty of coverage leading up to the big day, but for now we have focused our resources on the races with primaries. See races that have no primary elections at this link. Those are also noted below.
This guide was first published July 21. We’re updating and reposting it to make it easy to find as folks do their last-minute homework and decide how they want to cast their votes.
• Check which districts you’re in and where to go to vote by visiting myvoteinfo.voteks.org. (Pro tip: Take a screenshot so you can reference your districts again quickly!)
• Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Primary Election Day, which is Tuesday, Aug. 6. You will need a driver’s license or valid ID to cast your ballot in person. As long as you’re in line to vote by 7 p.m., you will be allowed to cast your ballot.
• If you received an advance ballot to vote by mail, you can take it to any polling place or any ballot dropbox until 7 p.m. on Election Day. If you mail it, it must be postmarked on or before Tuesday to be counted.
• Trouble at the polls? Contact the ACLU election protection hotline.
(That’s 866-687-8683 for English; 888-839-8682 for Spanish; 888-274-8683 for Asian languages; and 844-925-5287 for Arabic.)
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• Three Democrats are running for Douglas County DA, and the primary winner will face a Republican DA candidate in the general election. It’s the first time in 20 years that a Republican has run for the seat.
• Four of five Douglas County Commission seats are on the ballot.
• There are primary races in three Kansas Senate districts that represent parts of Lawrence and Douglas County.
• There are primary races in three Kansas House districts that represent parts of Lawrence and Douglas County, and two of them will likely be decided in August.
Have a question that isn’t answered in our coverage? Please let us know ASAP!
This is a countywide seat, so all Democratic Douglas County voters will see this primary race on their ballots.
