Category: Politics
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One walk without the dog
As I have noted earlier, I am within walking distance of my polling place. In fact, I have occasionally walked my Minpin and my uncle’s Black Lab by the place. I don’t think it would be appropriate to bring a non-service dog to the polls, so at a quarter to seven, I made the trek…
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Walk to the Poll Position
Today is the primary elections in Kansas. Since the 2020 election, I have moved (twice) from Lake Dabinawa and have wound up in East Lawrence. My new polling place is about a five-minute walk from the house. I got there around 6:45 and was first in line, and first to submit a ballot, when the…
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Kansas Supreme Court disbars a KC-area adoption attorney
You can read the full opinion on the Kansas Supreme Court website. In short, this attorney represented adoptive couples. In two cases, the biological father of the child asserted a desire to take custody. The attorney filed motions to terminate the father’s parental rights, claiming they abandoned the child and/or failed to provide support to…
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General Election 2020
I share who I voted for of my own free will. No incentive or consideration has been made to share my voting selections. I made it out to the polling place for the 2020 general election at about 11:30. I was ballot number 181. President: I cannot stand Donald Trump. In 2016, I couldn’t vote…
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Primary Ballot not Counted due to USPS SNAFU
Because my family had to quarantine for two weeks leading to the Primary, my mother and I both applied for and received advanced ballots. After filling out and signing out ballots, I dropped them off together at the drop box at the Downtown Lawrence post office on August 1. The ballots should have gone from…
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GOP Primary 2020
For this year’s primary election, I did not go to the polling place on Tuesday. Because of a COVID-related quarantine, I elected to receive a mail-in advance ballot. I mailed the ballot in on August 1st. There were only two contested races on my primary ballot. Both of the contested races were won by my…
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Well, there’ll be something on the ballot
In Kansas, the odd-numbered year elections are generally for city commission/council and local school board elections. Since I live in a rural precinct, I have no city elections on my ballot, and the school board positions are low-key campaigns, if there’s even a contested seat. Well, now I know there’s something on the ballot this…
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Parental Advisory: Case Law, Part 2
About a year and a half ago, I posted about a decision of the Kansas Court of Appeals regarding the admission of a defendant’s statements after being pelted with profanities by the arresting officers. It turns out that the State petitioned the Kansas Supreme Court for review, which they accepted. They released their decision today.
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Turn left at the mirror
The titular mirror stands over the corner of 21st Street and Wellman Road, the closest point from the paved road to my new election site: Sarcoxie Township station #2. Kansas Governor: I promised back in August that if Kris Kobach won the primary, I would vote for the Democrat. Not only did I vote for…
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GOP Primary 2018
As I usually do, I share my election picks after my ballot is in the collection box. Kansas Governor: Without question, I chose incumbent governor Jeff Colyer. There was no way in hell I was going to let current Secretary of State Kris Kobach anywhere near Cedar Crest if I had anything to say about…