OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension

[ULCajun]

we recieved our ballots yesterday as well.

[mykn]

Got ours

[DaveKCMO]

notary events today and tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/pg/streetcarneighbors/events/ (and more to follow)

there will also be a notary on site at the connect KC campaign office, 3100 gillham, starting on june 27.

you can also get free ballot notary on the 2nd floor of the jackson county courthouse (you can then turn your ballot in to the circuit court administrator on the 3rd floor, saving you a stamp). the election board will also notarize ballots for free, as will any bank where you have an account.

if anyone has a mobility issue, contact the campaign or the court for an accommodation: https://www.connectkc.org/ or the court 816-881-6671

[earthling]

If you happen to live in a building with a doorman/concierge, check if any are notaries. It's kind of an 'it thing' for them to become one as a service to offer. My building has two.

[im2kull]

That would make it to easy for non-white/poor people to vote.

How so?

Washington and Oregon have vote by mail by default and apparently no notary needed. Is there a reason to require notary?

To verify identity.

[ULCajun]

Will we see numbers start to trickle in, or are all ballots sealed until the election?

[DaveKCMO]

Sealed until they are handed over to the election board after the August 1 deadline.

[DaveKCMO]

new map from kcstreetcar.org:

[earthling]

No stops proposed yet?

[DaveKCMO]

No stops proposed yet?

this consultant team will take a fresh look at stops for the southern extension: http://kcstreetcar.org/wp-content/uploa ... 051017.pdf

transit connections, ridership at existing MAX stops, lane choice, travel time, and available right-of-way (if needed) will be taken into consideration.

the goal of this work is to prepare the project for a "small starts" federal grant submission in september 2017.

[kcjak]

There is supposed to be a notary available for streetcar ballots tomorrow, July 8 from 2-4pm at the Westport-Roanoke Community Center.

[DaveKCMO]

Also, first Friday at 19th & Baltimore and tomorrow morning at Monarch Coffee on Broadway.

[mykn]

Also, first Friday at 19th & Baltimore and tomorrow morning at Monarch Coffee on Broadway.

Sweet, what time at Monarch?

[DaveKCMO]

Scratch Monarch. 10am Saturday at Mother Earth.

[mykn]

Nuts, oh well. We'll stop over on our way to Monarch.

[flyingember]

This is a great sign for the TDD election passing.

This election is effectively the 4th district. People having rode the line went from 42% to 60% in a year
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/885576565660282880

[DaveKCMO]

1,414 ballots were returned as of a few days ago. The number was 1,003 on Friday.

Notary options: https://www.connectkc.org/how-to-vote/get-notarized/

[KCtoBrooklyn]

Does the east side of Campbell get to vote, or only the west side of the block? I am on the east and never received my ballot. I have heard the same from others on Campbell.

[DaveKCMO]

Does the east side of Campbell get to vote, or only the west side of the block? I am on the east and never received my ballot. I have heard the same from others on Campbell.

the center line of campbell is the eastern border for most of the new TDD (until you get to UMKC area), so east side of campbell is out. sorry, gotta draw the line somewhere and streets are pretty reliable borders (as are state lines and rivers).

[earthling]

Some friends of mine live _on_ Campbell (near Armour) and do not qualify to vote, which they are fine with as no TDD tax either. But they want it to pass. If this has a good chance to win you probably would rather not want to be in the TDD if a property owner.