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Law-breaking JoCo Commissioner loses re-election

November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

John Toplikar, the Johnson County Commissioner caught on video stealing campaign signs, has lost his reelection bid to Calvin Hayden.  Although the margin is very slim and looks like Toplikdar could request a recount.

Nov

10

Clarire for DNC Chair?

November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Huffington Post reports Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill’s name is being floated as a possibility to replace Howard Dean as Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Nov

6

Star publisher breaking the law with double registration?

November 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

From Jeff Roe comes news that KC Star Publisher Greg Ziemen is potentially committing election fraud by being registered to vote in two places - Kansas City, MO and Overland Park, KS. Ironically, in 2004 The Star published a big investigative piece on this very topic of Kansas Citians voting in both states.

Nov

5

Snafu in Clay County Commission race

November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It appears that Democrat Larry Larson, Clay County’s Western District Commissioner, defended his seat from Republican challenger Bonnie Sue Cooper, former State Representative and KCMO City Councilmember. However, Cooper is calling for a new election because 3200 ballots had the wrong race printed on them.

Nov

5

Update on Missouri provisional ballots

November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

News on the status of Missouri’s counting has been light today, but the Post-Dispatch finally posts this to their political blog.  7,000 provisional ballots remain to be judged, mostly from urban and African-American polling places in KC and STL.  Provisional ballots are cast when there is a question about a voter’s registration, and the ballot [...]

Nov

5

Election thoughts

November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

Missouri - President
Despite Democrats sweeping most of the state-wide races, Missouri is almost called for McCain. It looks like the key to McCain’s victory could be suburban Kansas City.  The 2006 Claire McCaskill strategy fell just short, with Obama losing all of the KC suburbs and many of the rural counties that McCaskill won in [...]

Nov

3

Election Open Thread

November 3, 2008 | 8 Comments

Use the comments to let us know how the voting is going in your neighborhood.  Send photos to blogkc@blogkc.com or tag them with “blogkc” on Flickr. Also tweet your reports to Twitter Vote Report.
Rumor has that McCoy’s Public House in Westport might be offering a free beer to anyone wearing their “I Voted” sticker.  Democrats [...]

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