By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
The Aug. 6 primary election is now just days away but many voters in Kansas, including those in Barton County, have had the opportunity to early vote since July 17. Early voting closes at noon on Aug. 5, and Barton County Clerk Bev Schmeidler reminds voters of an additional voting period this weekend.
"Saturday, Aug. 3, we will be open in the county clerk's office at the courthouse, second floor, suite 202, for early voting from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.," she said. "That's just Saturday only. All we need you to do is bring your photo I.D. and we can let you early vote."
Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The county clerk's office will post the results on its website as soon as possible.
"We can't start looking at any tabulation until after polls close after 7 p.m.," Schmeidler said. "We typically try to do the advanced and early voting - the mail ballots and the early voting in office - and put that up first because we can do that while we're waiting on the poll places to bring in. We post that on our website as soon as we can."
Election results can also be found at Great Bend Post.com as they become available Tuesday evening. All results are unofficial until a post-election canvass.