El Dorado Times
A Kansas politician’s plan to allow voters to enact laws without going through the Legislature is drawing criticism from major farm groups, and a fellow Republican leader said Friday that the idea worries agriculture leaders. Kris Kobach, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, said he’s not surprised interest groups oppose his voter initiative plan. As residents of other states can, Kansas residents could put proposed laws and state constitutional changes on the ballot for voters’ approval.
A date has been set for the mail ballot election in which Butler County residents will decide between a .25 cent increase in the sales tax or a mill levy increase to pay for federally mandated upgrades to the countywide emergency management communications system. Butler County Commissioners announced at their Tuesday meeting the mail ballots will be sent to active registered voters on Nov. 10 and will be due Nov. 24.