Advance voting is already underway in Kansas. And this year — like every odd-numbered year — the seats on your ballot are local seats:
- City council
- School board
These are the leaders who decide what happens on your street, your child’s school, your neighborhood — whether your voice is heard in the community where you live.
And here’s the key:
Very few people show up in these elections.
That means your vote counts more.
Your block could flip a race.
Your church could decide the outcome.
Your family’s votes could shift the power.
Think of this as a strategy:
Show up in the local races — while others sleep through them.
When turnout is low, your power is multiplied.
And this isn’t just about November 4.
It’s about building muscle for what comes next.
Because in 2026, Kansas elects:
- Governor & Lt. Governor
- Attorney General
- Secretary of State
- Insurance Commissioner
- State Treasurer
- 5 State Board of Education seats
- All Kansas House members
- Half the Kansas Senate
If you think these positions don’t matter, just look around:
- In Texas and Missouri, state legislatures redrew districts to erase Democratic and Black voting power.
- They’re changing election laws to make voting harder.
- They’re using low-turnout elections to lock in power.
How did Republicans gain so much control?
Not because they massively outnumber Democrats and Independents.
They gained power because they show up — even when we don’t.
While many slept through the “small elections,”
they were reshaping the map — sometimes literally — to silence voices like ours.
That’s the lesson:
When we stay home, we hand over our power.
When we show up — we take it back.
So don’t wait for a presidential election.
Don’t sit out the ones that feel “too small.”
- Local elections are where your voice is the loudest.
- Local elections are where change starts.
- Local elections are where turnout can flip the result.
There’s no more time for sleeping through elections.
Kansas needs every one of us — especially now.
And as the old song reminds us:
“Now we’ve got to wake up EVERYBODY,
No more sleeping in bed…”
It’s time to rise up — and vote.