Will you vote in a different place for the March 3 sales tax election? Here are changes
About 26,000 Wichita voters, or 10% of eligible voters in the city, will have to go to a different polling location to cast a ballot during the March 3 special election on a proposed one-cent sales tax, the city of Wichita says.
The city says it was told Jan. 9 by the Sedgwick County Election Office that 11 of its polling locations would be unavailable.
“Due to the need to find alternative polling locations, the cost to hold the special election will increase by $20,000,” the city said in a news release. “This will cover the cost of sending postcards with updated voting locations to impacted voters, bringing the total cost to hold the special election to $170,000. The City of Wichita is required to pay for the election.”
Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Laura Rainwater said some of the location changes were for cost-efficiency or because sites already had events scheduled that day.
Many of the polling locations being changed are churches.
“They all have their reasons. It’s Lent season. They had activities scheduled,” Rainwater said Monday afternoon at a news conference.
Some locations will have thousands of eligible voters temporarily moved to their sites, but Rainwater said the sites are large enough to accommodate them and will have enough poll workers.
“We will definitely overstaff those sites,” she said.
Here is a look at the reassigned sites for the special election:
Wichita voters in the 246th precinct who usually vote at Calvary Baptist in Derby will vote instead at Southeast High School, 2641 S. 127th St. East.
Voters in the 338th precinct at Calvary Baptist, and voters in the 317th precinct that vote at First Baptist Church in Haysville, are relocated to Colonial Heights Church, 5200 South Broadway.
People from the 544th and 549th precinct who vote at Pathway Church Goddard will go to Evangel Presbyterian Church, 1545 S. 135th St. West.
People in the 528th precinct who vote at Maize City Building will go to Life Church West, 3210 N. Maize.
People from the 402nd, 519th and 522nd precincts who vote at Westlink Church of Christ will go to Westwood Presbyterian Church, 8007 W. Maple; West Evangelical Free Church, 1161 N. Maize; and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 45 N. 119th St. West; respectively. This will affect 2,689 voters.
People from the 104th, 105th, 129th and 130th precincts who vote at Heart of Christ Church will vote at Linwood Recreation Center, 1901 S. Kansas, during the special election.
Voters in the 339th precinct at Heart of Christ Church will permanently move to New Hope Christian Church, 1400 George Washington Drive.
Voters in the 418th precinct at St. Anne Catholic Church will vote at the Alford Branch Library, 3447 S. Meridian Avenue.
Those in the 419th precinct at St. Anne’s will vote at the Machinists Building at 3830 S. Meridian Avenue.
Voters in the 102nd and 137th precinct who vote at the Girl Scouts office will go to the Edgemoor Recreation Center, 5815 E. 9th St. North during the special election.
Those in the 218th precinct at Grace Presbyterian will also go to the Edgemoor Recreation Center, 5815 E. 9th St. North.
Voters in the 110th precinct at Grace Presbyterian Church will go to Plymouth Congregational Church, 202 North Clifton Avenue.
People in the 103rd precinct who vote at New Life Covenant will go to West High at 820 S. Osage St.
Voters in the 603rd precinct at New Life will go to Riverside Christian Church, 1001 Litchfield. Those in the 614th precinct at New Life will go to AbilityPoint, 2919 W. 2nd St.
Voters in the 220th and 223rd precinct at Holy Cross Lutheran will go to East Point Church of Christ at 747 N. 127th St. East.
Voters in the 228th precinct at Holy Cross will go to Church of the Magdalen, 12626 E. 21st St. North during the special election.
Those affected by the change should receive a postcard in the mail from the Election Office.
Voters can also check their polling location here.
This story was originally published January 12, 2026 at 11:28 AM.