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South Central Kansas | Most all Kansans want voter ID, the print media howls constantly about it. I showed my KS drivers liscence today when I went to get my truck tags, no problem.
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CIMARRON – Morning voting in a special sales tax election in Cimarron – the first election since a Kansas voter identification law took effect – proceeded without a hitch.
Pollworkers inside the Gray County Extension Service office building asked each voter to show a photo identification in order to receive a ballot. As of 10:30 a.m., all 106 voters had produced a photo I.D., without problem.
“I think it’s long overdue,” said Cimarron rancher Dan Miller of the tighter election procedures. “It’s only proper,” he said, that identification would be required.
“Didn’t bother me any,” said Howard Summers, a retiree who showed his driver’s license.
Jason Byer saw familiar faces at his polling table – a former babysitter and a former neighbor – but he didn’t mind when they asked him for an I.D.
“I think it’s a great idea,” Byer said later.
Secretary of State Kris Kobach, advocate of the new law, was expected to observe voting early this afternoon.
At stake in the election is a proposed 1.25 percent Cimarron city sales tax to finance a new swimming pool.
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Voter I.D. law kicks in without a hitch in Cimarron
