Paper ballots persist in some counties amid costs and reliability concerns
Kansas clerks defend paper ballots citing cost and control, while others push for optical scanners. Mitchell County prints own ballots at about $10,000, and Washington County prints 3,400 ballots for $1,600. A mix of paper, optical scan, and electronic voting exists across the state.
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Senate Elections and Local Government Committee
Mitchell
Jolene Walker
Beloit
Washington
Lou Kern
Optiscan
Kern
Kansas
Mae West
Ward Loyd
Garden City
House Utilities Committee
Loyd
Carlos Mayans
Richita
Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Mail
Midwest Express
Air Carlos
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Federal Mint
House
Garner
Kansas Citizens For the Arts
Texas
Bill Graves
George W. Bush
Graves
New Prez
Ogallala
High Plains
U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Kent Lamb
Kansas Water Authority
Beggs
Oz’ Allure
Carol Beggs
Salina
Johnson County
Reader Forum letters seek signed submissions with contact details
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum of The Ottawa Herald. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Mail to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa K5 66067 or email letters ottawaherald.com.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald.com
Officials listed for Kansas and federal offices in brief
A compilation of contact details for U.S. Senate and House members from Kansas and federal officials. Includes addresses in Washington and Topeka, phone numbers and web sites for Pat Roberts Sam Brownback Jim Ryun Bill Graves Robert Tyson Ralph Tanner Bill Feverborn.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Washington
D.C
Worne
Whitehouse
U.S. Law
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
pat_roberts
Roberts
Senate
U.S
Sam Brownback
Sam
Ralph Tanner
State Capitol
Topeka
Bill Feverborn
Wellington Legacy Leaves Kansas Journalism Mark
Bob Wellington, longtime Ottawa Herald editor publisher, died recently. The essay honors his generation of Kansas editors once led by Jack Harris and mentored by William Allen White. It lauds country editors as guardians of local voice, community ties, and humane reporting in an era of mega media.
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Bob Wellington
Kansas
Our State
Ottawa Herald
Wellington
Bob
Jack Harris
Hutchinson News
Whit Austin
Salina
William Allen White
Austin
McCormally
Awbrey
White
Emporia
Gazette
Watson Library
University of Kansas
Metro
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
California
Georgia
Megamedia
Power Shortage Blame Goes to Environmentalists, Not Markets
California faced rolling blackouts as regulators cut power to half a million residents in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, and Silicon Valley. The piece argues environmental activism halted major plants, raising costs and delaying Diablo Canyon and San Onofre, with widespread outages and economic disruption across hospitals, schools, and businesses.
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California
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Jose
Silicon Valley
Diablo Canyon
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Government Accountability Project
San Onofre
America
Honey Lake
Sierras
Earth Island Institute
EPA
Daniel Nix
California Energy Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
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Franklin County
Bill Gray
Kathy Miller
Krmiller
Ohanaherald
Ken Kistner
Kkistner
Tim Millbem
Cedar
David
Visions OF Kansas
S. Cadar
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