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Based in Atlanta, GA - Rick Limpert is an award-winning writer, a best-selling author, and a featured sports travel writer.

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Entries in politics (4)

Thursday
Feb152018

More on the Kansas Governors Race

Now a dog is barred from entering.

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/dog-in-the-race-pooch-barred-from-race-for-kansas/article_0bba94a7-9d3c-5f9e-ad76-cc3e9066ec79.html

 

KWCH-TV reports that Terran Woolley, of Hutchinson, decided to file the paperwork over the weekend for his 3-year-old pooch, Angus, to run for the state's top office after reading stories about six teenage candidates. The teens entered the race after learning Kansas doesn't have an age requirement, something lawmakers are seeking to change.

Monday
Feb122018

Teens Running for Governor in Kansas

As if there weren't enough weird political stories.

There are no laws about age requirements to run for office in Kansas.

And when there's a giant loophole like that, teens who aren't even old enough to vote will exploit it.

That's what 17-year-old Jack Bergeson did. He filed papers to run for governor this November. Five other teens quickly entered the race as well.

Now, Kansas lawmakers are trying to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter told CNN he introduced House Bill 2539 this week after six high school students filed to run for governor in the November 2018 elections. The bill states that candidates running for any government office in Kansas should be at least 18 years old and be a resident of the state for at least four consecutive years.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/weird-news/thanks-to-a-loophole-in-kansas-law-6-teens-are-running-for-governor

Monday
Nov282016

Elections Decided by Coin Flip

Heads or tails.

Election officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin — a decision-by-chance that Utah and a number of other states allow to break ties in elections or appointments.

Utah law lets tied votes be settled "by lot" but does not specify what method of chance to use, Elections Director Mark Thomas said Wednesday. A coin toss and drawing names are common methods and they have been used two or three times over the past decade in Utah, generally in small elections, he said.

In the Kentucky city of Grayson, a tied election for a city council seat was settled Thursday with a coin flip.

Friday
Oct052012

Conversation Corner No. 11 - Polls and Their Influence

This week, Steve and I talked about polls of all sorts.

Opinion polls, polictical polls, football polls.

It's all polls this week and some interestingtalk.

Have a listen: