With a ballot full of controversial amendments on the Missouri side and a U.S. Senate race in Kansas getting national attention, more people across the Kansas City metro are voting early this election than in the last midterm.
Some counties have even seen double the amount of early voters — but with many of the top races rated as toss-ups by national political analysts, it’s not clear which way these elections will go.
Missouri
More than 51,000 people have voted early on the Missouri side of the Kansas City area as of Tuesday. Advance, no-excuse voting began last Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Kansas City Election Board Republican Director Shawn Kieffer said Missouri’s ballot issues are helping to drive turnout. That includes the bitter redistricting fight now represented in Proposition A — which, if approved, would enshrine the congressional map approved by the Missouri General Assembly last year that reshapes the 5th District to make it lean Republican…