Not a Republican or Democrat? Here’s how you can still vote Tuesday

Even if you aren’t a Republican or Democrat, you can still vote in the primary election on Tuesday.

In Kansas, registered voters who haven’t affiliated with a political party can show up to their polling place on Election Day, declare a political party, and vote in that party’s primary.

You’ll then be either a registered Republican or a Democrat. But you can switch back to unaffiliated again on September 1.

If you’re a Republican or Democrat, it’s too late to switch parties, however. You can only vote in the primary for the party on your registration.

But beginning September 1, all registered voters may again change their party registrations.

Kansas has 558,462 unaffiliated voters, according to the secretary of state’s office. The state has about 1.8 million registered voters total.

This story was originally published August 3, 2018 at 3:11 PM.