What's going on in the Kansas Senate election?

[Frank]

@squeegee

Blogs are saying that Kobach caved, will send out mail-in ballots with no Dem candidate on them.

A bylined news article from the LA Times:

Secretary of State Kris Kobach has told county election officials to begin sending out ballots to voters overseas and in the military starting Saturday, instead of delaying the process by a week so that Democrats could appoint a nominee, a spokeswoman for his office confirmed.

Along with the ballots, voters will receive a letter cautioning them that they could be receiving new, replacement ballots later on if Democrats decide to appoint a nominee. In-state voters will not receive ballots until after Oct. 15.

OK, I guess, but is he trying to say that the current ballots won’t count if replacement ballots are sent out? After the deadline?

But even better:

Kobach had told reporters this week that state law allows him the right to appoint a replacement for the Democrat on the ballot, but did not elaborate on any plans to do so.

I have no particular desire to inform Kansans on who they should vote for for Senate, but damn!, they need a new Secretary of State!