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Johnson County voters enacted the Home Rule Charter in 2000. Every 10 years, 25 community members are appointed to review the charter and decide whether we need to make changes in the form of amendments. Find out more about how this affects how our county government operates.

On the November ballot, voters in both Johnson and Wyandotte counties will be electing people to represent them on the Kansas State Board of Education. To inform your decision, we put together some information about the board and the responsibilities of the board.

Because of the pandemic, many people in Johnson County and across the nation are choosing to vote by mail. Voters continue to contact LWVJoCo with questions so we put together this list of FAQs to help people navigate the process.

Several League members went on a VIP tour of the Johnson County Election Office recently to see exactly what happens when people vote by mail. Commissioner Connie Schmidt walked the group through each stage of mailed ballot processing, from their arrival at the Johnson County Election Office to final vote tabulation.

Voters can trust in the safety and security of the mail-in voting process, regardless of recently politicized claims to the contrary. Since 2000, more than 250 million votes have been cast via mailed-out ballots, in all 50 states, according to the National Vote at Home Institute. And by-mail voting was used by a quarter of the electorate in 2018, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

Here are six reasons you can vote by mail with confidence.

Leauers were among the 100 volunteers in Souls to the Polls Car Caravan honking their way through neighborhoods promoting voting.

Voting in 2020 was the topic of this week's Cowtown Conversations, a KKFI radio program hosted by Joseph Jackson. Co-President Amber Stenger covered voting on the Kansas side the metro area and Sandy Eeds, Cheryl Barnes and Patricia Goodwin shared information about the Missouri electoral process.

Starting the last week of May, registered voters in Johnson County will start receiving advance ballot applications for the August and November elections. In response to the pandemic, the Johnson County Election Office mailed advance voting applications to every voter in the county.
Voters can return the applications three ways:

1. By mail: The applications can be folded into a self-addressed envelope and mailed to the Election Office (stamp required).
2. To the 24-hour, drive-through ballot boxes at the Election Office: The ballot boxes are located at 2101 E. Kansas City Road in Olathe.
3. By email: A photo or scan of the applications can be sent to votebymail@jocogov.org.

Federal appeals court affirms decision in LWV of Kansas case

Kansas voters do not need to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, a Kansas federal appeals court affirmed May 30. The decision keeps in place a previous court ruling that found the citizenship proof requirement violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and the National Voter Registration Act. Read more.

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In-person meetings? No. Progress on many fronts? YES!
Find out how LWVJoCo is moving forward to reach voters during the pandemic.

Find out how the League is adapting its activism during the pandemic.

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Through her work as director of the Rosedale Development Association, Wendy learned the importance of partnerships and citizen involvement in making the voice of the people heard. Read more about Wendy.