Overview

• No-excuse in-person absentee voting opened Sept. 16 at seven Kansas City sites, with additional locations in Lee’s Summit and Independence.
• Early voting sites will use ballot-marking devices only, so voters who want pre-printed paper ballots must cast ballots at their assigned polling place on Election Day.
• Election Day is Sept. 30 with polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and administrators say there will be fewer polling places because of the shortened recall cycle.
• At a town hall, White defended his record and said the recall is driven by stadium politics and roughly $400,000 in outside spending, while critics pressed concerns over tax assessments and spending priorities.
• The recall reached the ballot after a citizens’ group gathered more than 40,000 signatures; White’s court challenges to the date were unsuccessful, and a successful recall would immediately vacate the office until a temporary appointee serves and voters choose a successor next year.