By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — With a proposed Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion to be considered this legislative session that could potentially go on the ballot during the 2022 primary, a local election official says that though having a question meant for everyone on a primary ballot isn't common, it's not unprecedented in Reno County, as some tax questions have fallen that way.
"We did have that in August of 2006," said Reno County Deputy Election Officer Jenna Fager. "It was a Reno County sales tax question, so it wasn't a statewide thing. It was just in Reno County."
Fager explained that even if you are unaffiliated, you would still get to vote.
"Unaffiliated that didn't affiliate at the time that they went to vote, or a Libertarian, they would have their own ballot with no candidates on it, just the question," Fager said.
Primaries traditionally have lower turnout than general elections and in Kansas, Republican primaries in particular tend to lean more conservative, especially in non-presidential election years.