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 Card punch operators working on population cards in what the print's own caption calls the “Negro section,” from the Census Bureau's photographs of the 1940 census. The print's caption adds: “Approximately 328,341,293 cards in 151 different forms were punched for the decennial census.” The photograph itself is undated. National Archives, Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29), catalog identifier 29-C-1B-39, NAID 7741404. Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 Monday is a deadline. Tuesday is the election.Monday, Nov. 2: the last day to comment on the proposed census rule in the Lead below (regulations.gov, docket USBC-2026-0628). Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 Tuesday, Nov. 3: the general election. | |||
Missouri, statewide Five ballot measures: Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 8 and Proposition A. What a “yes” vote and a “no” vote do on each is in the next block, word for word, in the state's fair ballot language. The Jackson County sample ballot also carries the State Auditor race and Missouri Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention questions. Most other races, and local questions such as sales-tax and bond measures, vary by where you live; the lookups below show yours. Missouri polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. may vote. Clay County or Platte County, Mo.: use those county lines below. Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 | |||
Kansas, Johnson County. From the county's list (some lines are district- or township-specific): U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative for the 3rd District Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Commissioner of Insurance Kansas House, 27 districts, and State Board of Education, District 3 County Commission Chairman and Commissioners for Districts 1, 4 and 5 (nonpartisan); seven township clerks; Prairie Village mayor Judicial retention: Kansas Supreme Court Justice, Kansas Court of Appeals Judges, 10th Judicial District Judges, and District Magistrate Judges, 10th Judicial District Constitutional Amendment, Kansas Citizenship Voting Requirement: its vote-for and vote-against statements are in the next block. | |||
Kansas, Wyandotte County Election Day polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Advance in-person voting ends Monday, Nov. 2, at noon, at the Election Office only, 850 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. The other four advance sites close Saturday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. For your ballot, use VoterView below. | |||
Find your ballot Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 Jackson County, Mo., outside Kansas City: Jackson County Election Board, On the Ballot Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 Clay County, Mo.: Clay County Board of Election Commissioners sample ballot Claim · Primary, read 10/28 · Copy, captured 10/28 | |||
This section doesn't tell you how to vote. It prints the official wording of the statewide ballot questions and points you to where each county posts its ballot, local questions included. | |||
The ballot questions, in the official words | |||
Missouri: what a “yes” vote and a “no” vote do, in the state's fair ballot language. Proposition A's fair ballot language names “2025 Extraordinary Session”; its ballot title names “2025 Second Extraordinary Session.” Both appear on Missouri's official ballot materials. Amendment 3. A “yes” vote will repeal Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by the voters in 2024 which provided reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; continue to ensure women’s ability to access medical care for medical emergencies, ectopic pregnancies, and miscarriages; allow legislation to regulate abortion providers and facilities to ensure health and safety; require informed and voluntary consent for an abortion, including parental or judicial consent for minors; allow restriction of abortions to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies; prohibit public funding of abortions except in limited circumstances; and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors including gender transition surgeries, cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs, with exceptions for specific medical conditions. A “no” vote will leave Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by voters in 2024 in place; will not limit abortion to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies, but leave access to abortion available through fetal viability; will not prohibit gender transition procedures for minors. If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes. Amendment 6. A “yes” vote will prohibit the people’s elected representatives from directly amending or changing any law enacted through the initiative process; require that any modifications to laws enacted through the initiative process be referred to the people by a vote of at least 80% of each chamber of the General Assembly; restrict the legislature from passing laws that limit the ability to pursue initiatives and referenda; maintain the current signature requirements of five percent of the individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a law; maintain the current signature requirement of eight percent of individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a constitutional amendment; and maintain the current requirement that a simple statewide majority of votes cast on a measure by individual legal voters is sufficient to enact any law or constitutional amendment. A “no” vote will not change the current constitutional provisions, which already give citizens the right to propose initiatives and referenda. If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes. Amendment 7. A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to establish the “Show-Me Prosperity Fund,” a permanent public endowment fund to support state government with the goal of eliminating state-imposed taxes without impairing the real value of the fund’s principal; prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting monies from the fund until notification is given by the State Treasurer that the net investment earnings of the fund are sufficient to eliminate state-imposed taxes; cap the total amount of moneys that may be appropriated from the fund in a fiscal year to three percent of the average market value of the fund over the preceding five fiscal years; and prohibit the General Assembly from enacting the eliminated state-imposed taxes, provided, however, that in the event the fund is unable to meet its obligations due to insolvency, revenue shortfall, or program failure, the General Assembly shall retain full authority to appropriate funds from any lawful source and to enact legislation establishing or increasing taxes or other revenues as necessary. A “no” vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government with the goal of eliminating state-imposed taxes. If passed, this measure will have no immediate impact on taxes but could lead to the elimination of state-imposed taxes if the net investment earnings of the fund become sufficient to support that outcome. Amendment 8. A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to require counties to: elect a sheriff every four years, which is currently required by statute; place in the Constitution provisions regarding sheriffs’ duties that are currently provided by statute; and provide that an elected sheriff may be removed from office only through a writ of quo warranto initiated by the Attorney General. A “no” vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution. Current Missouri statutes providing for the election of county sheriffs to four-year terms and governing their duties and removal will remain in effect unless changed by law. If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes. Proposition A. A “yes” vote will approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Extraordinary Session),” which redraws the congressional district boundaries. A “no” vote will leave in place the congressional district boundaries enacted in 2022. If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes. | |||
Kansas, Johnson County ballot: Constitutional Amendment, Kansas Citizenship Voting Requirement. As Johnson County prints it: “A vote for this proposition would clarify that only a person who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote in this state.” “A vote against this proposition would make no change to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and the language concerning voter qualifications would remain the same.” | |||
The Lead | |||
UNASKEDA proposed census rule, dated September 8 and carrying the name of the Secretary of Commerce, would bar questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation from any questionnaire used to count the population. It also quotes the Supreme Court on the record of asking: 'demographic questions have been asked in every census since 1790.' The rule is proposed, not final. The file reads its reasons in its own words. Read it: UNASKED | |||
The Docket | |||
Jackson County Legislature, Forty-first Regular Meeting · Ordinance 6142 · JaCo Code change regarding campaign contribution limiits AN ORDINANCE enacting subsection 298. Jackson County Code, 1984 relating to campaign contribution limits for all elected Jackson County officials, with an effective date and severability clause. Enacts subsection 298 of the county code on campaign contribution limits for all elected Jackson County officials. The title names an effective date and a severability clause. The amounts are in the ordinance, not on its index page. Adopted October 26, 2026, on the consent agenda, per the county's record. Filed September 10; perfected October 19. | |||
Jackson County Legislature, Forty-first Regular Meeting · Ordinance 6123 · JaCo Code Chapter 6 - MBE/WBE Program/Contracting Procedures AN ORDINANCE enacting a moratorium on enforcement of Chapter 6 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to minority and women owned business enterprise program and other contracting procedures. Chapter 6 is the part of the county code on its minority and women owned business enterprise program and contracting procedures. The title enacts a moratorium on "enforcement of Chapter 6." How long it runs and what replaces it are in the ordinance, not on its index page. Advanced to sixth perfection October 20, 2026. Listed on the October 26 agenda; the county's record of that meeting shows no action on it. The matter record dates its filing August 18; the Week 41 Docket printed August 24, the date of its first listing. | |||
Jackson County Legislature, Forty-first Regular Meeting · Ordinance 6154 · Reclassify Short Term Rentals 2027 AN ORDINANCE requiring the Jackson County Assessor to postpone any reclassification of short-term rental properties from residential to commercial until a full registration and reporting system can be established County-wide. Requires the county assessor to postpone any reclassification of short-term rental properties from residential to commercial until a full registration and reporting system can be established county-wide. Filed October 19, 2026. Assigned to committee October 26, per the county's record. The record does not name the committee. | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Ordinance 260919 Establishing Fund No. 2220, the ProspectUs Fund, in the records of the City of Kansas City, Missouri; authorizing the City Manager to continue to use certain incremental property and economic activity taxes from the former Blue Ridge Mall Tax Increment Financing Plan area in support of the ProspectUS plan; and establishing an expiration date of the redirection. Establishes Fund No. 2220, the ProspectUs Fund, and authorizes the City Manager to continue using incremental property and economic activity taxes from the former Blue Ridge Mall TIF Plan area in support of the ProspectUS plan, with an expiration date for the redirection. The amount and the date are in the ordinance, not on its index page. Passed October 22, 2026, per the city's record. Filed October 2; the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee recommended Advance and Do Pass on October 20. | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Resolution 260887 RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to identify funding sources and develop a plan to restore Blue River Road; directing the City Manager to pause any further action on PIAC-supported projects concerning Blue River Road until the City Manager has reported back to City Council in sixty (60) days; directing the City Manager to include Blue River Road in the City's Transportation Improvement Program to be submitted to the Mid-America Regional Council; declaring the Council's intent to preserve Blue River Road as a historic automobile roadway; and directing the City Manager to report back to Council within 60 days. Directs the City Manager to identify funding and develop a plan to restore Blue River Road, to pause further action on PIAC-supported projects concerning Blue River Road until the City Manager reports back to Council in sixty days, to include the road in the Transportation Improvement Program to be submitted to the Mid-America Regional Council, and to report back within sixty days. The resolution declares the Council's intent to preserve the road as a historic automobile roadway. Adopted as a committee substitute October 22, 2026, per the city's record; the quoted title is the committee substitute's as posted. Filed September 23, sponsor Councilmember Darrell Curls per the title; the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee moved it for immediate adoption as a substitute on October 20. | |||
Calendar | |||
Saturday, October 31 · 8 a.m. to noon · Kansas City MO, the seven KCEB no-excuse early voting sites (Board of Election Commissioners) Six of the seven sites list Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to noon, as their last early voting hours; the KCEB site at Blue Parkway also lists Monday, Nov. 2. | |||
Monday, November 2 · 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. · KCEB at the Shops on Blue Parkway, 4405 E. 50th Ter, Kansas City MO On the posted schedule, only the KCEB site at Blue Parkway lists Monday, Nov. 2, hours for no-excuse early voting. | |||
Monday, November 2 · Johnson County KS Election Office and advance sites In-person advance voting is listed as ending at noon the Monday before Election Day. | |||
Tuesday, November 3 · Johnson County KS polling places Johnson County lists Election Day voting at local polling places from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. | |||
Thursday, November 5 · 9:30 a.m. · County Administration Building, 111 S. Cherry St., Olathe KS Johnson County Board of County Commissioners Administrative Business Meeting, agendas on the BOCC portal. | |||
Thursday, November 5 · 12 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 18th & Vine, KC MO · Free Free Thursday noon set with trombonist Brian Scarborough at the 18th & Vine museum. | |||
Saturday, November 7 · 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum Singer JaySol and Sol Movement headline the Blue Room Saturday night. | |||
Thursday, November 12 · 9:30 a.m. · County Administration Building, Olathe KS Johnson County Board of County Commissioners General Business Meeting, agendas on the BOCC portal. | |||
The Roll | |||
East High School, Kansas City MO (100th Anniversary) A RESOLUTION recognizing and celebrating the 100th Anniversary of East High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Jackson County Legislature (Res. 22436) | |||
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Greater Kansas City (45th anniversary) RESOLUTION - Recognizing Local Initiatives Support Corporation Greater Kansas City during Housing America Month in celebration of its 45th anniversary. Kansas City MO City Council (Res. 260933) | |||
Marge Wolfer RESOLUTION - Honoring Marge Wolfer for her contributions to the Kansas City community. Kansas City MO City Council (Res. 260945) | |||
This week on the site | |||
A proposed census rule, the reasons it gives, and the record it cites | |||
The comment window closed on November 2, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The Census Bureau extended it once, on October 5, and did not extend it again. If the Bureau goes forward, the next document is a final rule. Everything it publishes on this rule carries the same Regulation Identifier Number, 0607-AA75, and the Federal Register lists it under that number. The notice says comments received “will generally be posted for public viewing on www.regulations.gov without change.” To read them, go to regulations.gov and enter USBC-2026-0628 in the search box. This alert does not tell you what to write or which side to take. It tells you what the rule says and where the record is. | |||
Correction to BORROWED (Aug. 25 email): it said clearance was "already standard practice," that "every party already knew" the rule, and that the court "did not decide" infringement, and it dropped the court's hedge on who owned the copyright. The court's findings concern the defendants, and the order does not analyze whether a sample infringes. The email also called it a hip-hop case; the order's words are "rap music." These were corrected in the essay Oct. 17 and Oct. 22, and in the post Oct. 22: wordreimagined.com/essays/borrowed Corrections Correction to WITHOUT A WORD FOR IT (July 9 email): it said the CFPB and the Department of Justice filed a joint proposal on May 28, 2026, and it quoted that proposal as "restoring proper statutory construction" and "eliminating liability that lacks foundation in statute." The rulemaking was the CFPB's alone, proposed Nov. 13, 2025 and published as a final rule April 22, 2026, and neither phrase appears in either document. The email also called the final rule a proposal with an open comment window. The essay was corrected July 8, before the email went out; the Substack post was corrected Oct. 22, along with further lines its own note lists: wordreimagined.com/essays/without-a-word-for-it Corrections Assembled with AI research and checking tools under the editor's review; every item links to the record behind it. Every item has a receipt. The full chain is on the issue page. Read Issue 1 on the site · Free. Always. WR-WTW-001 |
