# What's going on in the Kansas Senate election? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 11, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-the-kansas-senate-election/698237 "2014-09-11T21:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-the-kansas-senate-election/698237/29 "2014-09-19T23:37:24Z")
> [@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](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-kansas-ballots-senate-mailed-20140919-story.html): > [@](#): > > 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! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-the-kansas-senate-election/698237)._