More opposition brought to wind project discussion

Thursday, the Secretary of State’s Office admitted that new voters in Ford County have been confused about where to cast their ballots, thanks to notifications handed out to all newly registered voters. Those standard notifications, says Brian Caskey in the Secretary of State’s election office, automatically listed the regular polling site instead of the temporary one in use this November.

The county elections office moved the site after pending construction made the regular site at the Dodge City Civic Center unusable. Instead, voters will have to drive out to the Western State Bank Expo Center outside of town.

In the case of the confused newly registered voters, Bryan Caskey with the Secretary of State’s office says Debbie Cox, the Ford County Elections Clerk, is working to contact all new voters to make sure they know exactly where to go.

It’s the twists and turns of this story that have brought journalists from around the world into Dodge City. Commissioner David Bideau said the board is waiting for a report from County Counselor Seth Jones on just how much authority it has over the project.

“It’s not something with a very simple answer,” Jones said.