Hays Post
Advance voting is underway now for the Kansas presidential primary election in Ellis County at the county Administrative Center, 718 Main St. in Hays.
New this year, voting will be offered from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at 718 Main St.
Voters can also cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and until noon Monday.
Election Day is Tuesday and voters will need to cast ballots between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at their assigned polling location.
It is just the third time that voters in Kansas will take part in a presidential preference primary.
According to the Kansas Secretary of State’s website, a preference primary is “an election where the vote totals are given to a political party to allocate delegates to candidates at the national convention. This is not a primary where the voters selected the party candidate.”
The deadline to request a mail-in ballot has already passed, but voters who did receive one will have to return it to the election office or a polling site by Election Day, which is Tuesday, March 19.
Despite the results of the prior primaries, four candidates will still appear on both the Republican and Democratic ballots.
Democratic candidates
Dean Phillips
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Marianne Williamson
Jason Michael Palmer
Republican candidates
Donald J. Trump
Ryan L. Binkley
Nikki R. Haley
Ron DeSantis
Voters also have the option to choose "None of the Names Shown."
Voters can find a sample ballot at myvoteinfo.voteks.org, and people with questions are encouraged to contact your local election office.