Tag: Elections
-
In Wichita, a quest for campaign finance reform
Actions of the Wichita City Council have shown that campaign finance reform is needed. Citizen groups are investigating how to accomplish this needed reform, since the council has not shown interest in reforming itself.
-
Tracking Sedgwick County election returns
Updates of election returns for Sedgwick County races through a Google Docs spreadsheet. It will automatically update as I add data. Click here or watch below.
-
Kansas election preview
It’s sort of a quiet election in Kansas this year.
-
Election night coverage from Watchdog Wire
Election night coverage from Watchdog Wire and Franklin Center.
-
In Sedgwick County, a judicial candidate takes the low road
Voters are accustomed to political campaigns that sink low with distorted facts, missing facts, innuendo, and outright lies. Judges, however, ought to be held to a higher standard, and in Kansas, the Supreme Court has rules for judges to follow in their campaigns. But the campaign for incumbent Richard T. Ballinger in Sedgwick County, Kansas,…
-
Kansas Republicans don’t need to do this
In elections, campaigns may divert from useful discussions of the issues to engage in mudslinging and innuendo. Both parties do it, but an example from the Kansas Republican Party crosses a line and may actually hurt the candidate it was intended to help.
-
Wichita-area legislators on government efficiency
Candidates say they are opposed to government waste and inefficiency, but don’t always vote that way when given the opportunity to take action.
-
Sedgwick County advance voting
Sedgwick County advance voting statistics.
-
Kansas Democrats mailing again, and wrong again
It’s campaign season, and mail pieces are flying fast, replete with more Kansas Democratic errors.
-
Kansas Democrats mail in error
Two mailings by the Kansas Democratic Party citing the voting records of Kansas House of Representatives candidates hold not only the usual hyperbole and spin, but also factual errors.
-
Select judges wisely, considering lawmaking role
While candidates for judge usually campaign as being “above politics,” as someone who will apply the law impartially without regard to personal beliefs and convictions, the reality is that judges make law. Voters need to recognize this judicial function as they decide their votes.