A tiny town in central Kansas is getting a second chance to vote itself out of existence after people in another community mistakenly cast ballots on the issue last year. Residents in Frederick will get another chance Nov. 7 to decide the town’s future. Robert Root, acting mayor by law, told the Hutchinson News that the eight people left in town have committed to voting for disincorporation. During the November 2016 election, 20 people cast ballots, but Frederick had only nine registered voters and only six of those voters went to the polls. The problem was that at the Eureka township voting precinct, election workers accidentally gave ineligible township residents ballots with Frederick’s incorporation question.
Thirteen of the people who voted on the matter supported keeping Frederick incorporated.
Because the mistake wasn’t caught until after results were certified by the Rice County commission, the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office deemed the vote “official” despite the numbers.
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