By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT Hays PostFewer than 1,300 Ellis County registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary Election.This year was just the third time that Kansas voters
were able to cast their ballot in a presidential primary election hosted by the
state. Previously, the two political parties hosted presidential caucuses. According to unofficial results from the Ellis County Clerk
and Election Office, Tuesday’s turnout was 6.42%.Of the 19,613 registered voters in Ellis County, 1,259 total ballots were cast.A total of 997 Republican votes were cast, with former
President Donald Trump getting 828 voters, or 83%.Nikki Haley was second with 11%, followed by none of the names shown (4%), Ron DeSantis (1%) and Ryan Binkley (0.2%).There were 262 Democratic ballots cast. President Joe Biden
received 198 of those votes for 76%.None of the names shown was second with 39 votes (15%), Dean
Phillips (3.8%), Marianne Williamson (3%) and Jason Michael Palmer (2.7%).In Kansas, Democratic voters cast 35,031 votes for Biden, or about 84%.Trump received twice as many Republican votes and received 75% of
the vote.Also on Tuesday, Trump easily won Republican primaries in
Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. Biden did the same except in Florida,
where Democrats had canceled their primary.Both candidates had already gathered enough votes to secure
a rematch of the 2020 election.

Ellis County presidential primary reaps low turnout