Kieffer says based on the response the board has received this year, he estimates they could see more than 40,000 mail-in and absentee votes by Election “And I think that's what is spurring a lot of the increased traffic we're having.” “I think people are very hyped up regarding all the news coverage that's been going on about the election and they want to make sure they get their ballot in and they get it in timely,” said Kieffer. The pandemic is one of the main reasons for the spike in absentee votes, but Kieffer says there’s another contributing factor. So we've already surpassed that from the primary, and it's only two weeks into absentee voting," said Kieffer. “For the primary election we had a few months ago, we voted a total of 9,100 people absentee. Shawn Kieffer, the Board's Republican director, says voting hasn't slowed down much since then, with more than 11,000 absentee ballots already cast and 17,000 more requested. When in-person absentee voting began last month, voters were lined up at the Kansas City Elections Board. Local elections boards also say voters are taking advantage of these options as many choose to skip in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. With only 25 days until the November election, voters across the Kansas City metro are turning out in record numbers to send off their ballots early despite the added step of having their ballot notarized, a requirement the Missouri Supreme Court upheld today.Īccording to the Missouri Secretary of State, voters have already cast 181,000 mail-in and absentee ballots.
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