City Commission Primary Election – Tuesday, August 1st

For the first time in at least 12 years, there will be a primary election for Junction City Commission candidates.

The State Legislature moved City and School elections to the Fall versus the Spring in the hopes of getting a better voter turnout for local elections.

Rebecca Bossemeyer, Geary County Clerk, said that there are other changes as well.

“One of the big changes is the deadline that some can request that a ballot be mailed to them is the now Tuesday before the election, and for this election that is July 25th.” To request a mailed ballot visit https://ks-geary.manatron.com/.

Also new this year, ballots that are postmarked on or before August 1st will be counted toward the election totals as long as they are received by Friday, August 4th. In previous years, the ballots had to be in the County Clerk’s office on election day.

“We still have provisional ballots that always get counted at the canvass – the Board of Commissioners act as the Board of Canvassers to certify the election results and then to make decisions about which provisional ballots get counted,” said Bossemeyer. “That canvass is going to be on August the 7th at 9:00 am.”

In person advance voting will start at least ten days prior to the election – Tuesday, July 25th. Bossemeyer noted that the in-person advance voting may begin sooner – JC Post will notify readers if that change occurs.

The August 1st primary election was required by law because the number of candidates was more than three times the number of open positions.

Ten candidates filed for election by the June 1st deadline – one candidate Michael A. Morris, has since decided to not pursue an active campaign for office. Due to State law, the primary election must still occur.

1420 KJCK will host three candidate forums Tuesday, July 25th, Wednesday, July 26th, and Thursday, July 27th ahead of the August 1st primary election. The forums will be from 8:00 am until 10:00 am each day with different candidates participating each morning.

A complete list of the candidates can be found below:

Note: JC Post reached out to all candidates for comment/statements. All candidates have also been invited to participate in the candidate forums.

Candidate forums are sponsored by Coryell Insurors, The Pampered Pet, and the Geary County Clerk’s Office.