Posted on 05/14/2022 8:56:00 PM PDT by lightman
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a bill to limit the power of state health officials to mandate measures for contagious diseases, including face masks and vaccine passports.
Kelly said the bill went beyond COVID-19 and would considerably limit government response to any infectious disease outbreak.
Senate Bill 34, brought by the Republican-controlled Legislature, sought to curb the power of government agencies as well as state and local health officials in response to COVID-19 mandates imposed during the pandemic.
Amendments to the Kansas Emergency Management Act would prohibit the mandating of protective mask requirements (pdf), except for hospitals and other medical facilities, including nursing homes.
Officials and government entities would also not be able to require COVID-19 vaccine passports for any purpose within the state.
The bill would also require judicial review of certain emergency actions to occur without unreasonable delay and limit the powers of the secretary of health and environment related to enforcement of quarantine and student inoculation requirements.
In vetoing the bill, Kelly said it posed “significant safety concerns” for workers, employers, and the economy.
“I have consistently opposed vaccine passports and mandating any COVID-19 vaccination. However, this bill goes beyond COVID-19 and implements a one-size-fits-all approach for all infectious diseases. It significantly limits any government entity’s response to any infectious disease outbreak,” she said in a veto message.
The vetoed bill, she said, would mean that schools, businesses, and the agricultural sector could not adequately respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, or avian flu.
“We have a responsibility to protect our critically important agricultural industry and the farmers and ranchers who feed the nation,” Kelly said.
“We need to be prepared for what’s down the road to best protect Kansans. This bill puts the safety of all Kansans and our economy at risk,” she added.
The bill, which struggled to pass last month, would also prohibit law enforcement officers from enforcing orders from state and local health officials.
GOP leaders faced an uphill battle to win support for the bill in both houses, with some Republicans reportedly identifying some unintended consequences.
Senate Bill 34 would also prohibit the health secretary from mandating inoculations as a requirement for first-time enrolment at schools, preschools, or daycare programs operated by a school without full FDA approval.
Kelly has in the past opposed President Joe Biden’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more employees get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing.
She has spoken in support of a measure to force businesses that require COVID-19 vaccination to give broad exceptions to workers who don’t want to get the vaccine.
Didn’t like Salmon in his last few years as a Cong.
He started strong, but faded badly I think. Lake has been 100% pro Trump from the get-go. Most important, unlike Salmon she fights just like Trump does.
Salmon is the exact mistake you want to avoid. Another Jeff Flake.
“Salmon is the exact mistake you want to avoid. Another Jeff Flake.”
Please, Salmon co-founded the Freedom Caucus. He is 100% guaranteed conservative, nothing like Flake. And unlike Lake, he wasn’t a registered democrat supporting John Kerry and Obama. Lake reeks of opportunism.
That trend should have stayed static or edged up/down a bit in 2020.
Instead, Trump gained 100,000 votes in Kansas over his 2016 showing [a 15% increase].
[blue is associated with counties that were blue for Kelly in 2018]
Trump 2020 | Trump 2020 | |||||||
minus | div | |||||||
County | Trump 2016 | Kobach | Trump 2020 | Trump 2016 | Trump 2016 | |||
Allen | 3,651 | 2,292 | 4,218 | 567 | 116% | |||
Anderson | 2,435 | 1,596 | 2,929 | 494 | 120% | |||
Atchison | 4,049 | 2,558 | 4,906 | 857 | 121% | |||
Barber | 1,850 | 1,155 | 2,014 | 164 | 109% | |||
Barton | 7,888 | 4,841 | 8,608 | 720 | 109% | |||
Bourbon | 4,424 | 2,970 | 5,023 | 599 | 114% | |||
Brown | 2,906 | 1,836 | 3,262 | 356 | 112% | |||
Butler | 19,073 | 12,822 | 22,634 | 3,561 | 119% | |||
Chase | 969 | 653 | 1,123 | 154 | 116% | |||
Chautauqua | 1,236 | 808 | 1,402 | 166 | 113% | |||
Cherokee | 6,182 | 4,284 | 6,766 | 584 | 109% | |||
Cheyenne | 1,173 | 733 | 1,183 | 10 | 101% | |||
Clark | 825 | 521 | 904 | 79 | 110% | |||
Clay | 2,891 | 1,743 | 3,177 | 286 | 110% | |||
Cloud | 2,919 | 1,744 | 3,242 | 323 | 111% | |||
Coffey | 3,050 | 1,926 | 3,489 | 439 | 114% | |||
Comanche | 715 | 453 | 762 | 47 | 107% | |||
Cowley | 8,270 | 5,165 | 9,656 | 1,386 | 117% | |||
Crawford | 8,624 | 5,662 | 10,045 | 1,421 | 116% | |||
Decatur | 1,210 | 736 | 1,260 | 50 | 104% | |||
Dickinson | 6,029 | 3,790 | 7,126 | 1,097 | 118% | |||
Doniphan | 2,606 | 1,699 | 2,976 | 370 | 114% | |||
Douglas | 14,688 | 10,154 | 17,286 | 2,598 | 118% | |||
Edwards | 1,037 | 692 | 1,141 | 104 | 110% | |||
Elk | 1,048 | 669 | 1,140 | 92 | 109% | |||
Ellis | 8,466 | 5,138 | 9,758 | 1,292 | 115% | |||
Ellsworth | 1,969 | 1,168 | 2,148 | 179 | 109% | |||
Finney | 6,350 | 3,891 | 7,236 | 886 | 114% | |||
Ford | 5,114 | 3,574 | 5,803 | 689 | 113% | |||
Franklin | 7,185 | 4,742 | 8,479 | 1,294 | 118% | |||
Geary | 4,274 | 2,769 | 5,323 | 1,049 | 125% | |||
Gove | 1,140 | 720 | 1,291 | 151 | 113% | |||
Graham | 1,025 | 671 | 1,080 | 55 | 105% | |||
Grant | 1,804 | 1,096 | 1,936 | 132 | 107% | |||
Gray | 1,698 | 1,138 | 1,911 | 213 | 113% | |||
Greeley | 534 | 313 | 549 | 15 | 103% | |||
Greenwood | 2,160 | 1,214 | 2,444 | 284 | 113% | |||
Hamilton | 705 | 373 | 698 | -7 | 99% | |||
Harper | 1,996 | 1,243 | 2,168 | 172 | 109% | |||
Harvey | 8,668 | 5,872 | 10,182 | 1,514 | 117% | |||
Haskell | 1,040 | 681 | 1,122 | 82 | 108% | |||
Hodgeman | 855 | 597 | 875 | 20 | 102% | |||
Jackson | 3,939 | 2,565 | 4,517 | 578 | 115% | |||
Jefferson | 5,213 | 3,485 | 6,334 | 1,121 | 122% | |||
Jewell | 1,223 | 765 | 1,387 | 164 | 113% | |||
Johnson | 137,490 | 102,813 | 155,631 | 18,141 | 113% | |||
Kearny | 1,075 | 687 | 1,164 | 89 | 108% | |||
Kingman | 2,530 | 1,764 | 3,130 | 600 | 124% | |||
Kiowa | 900 | 615 | 980 | 80 | 109% | |||
Labette | 5,335 | 3,273 | 5,735 | 400 | 107% | |||
Lane | 718 | 437 | 762 | 44 | 106% | |||
Leavenworth | 17,638 | 12,379 | 21,610 | 3,972 | 123% | |||
Lincoln | 1,179 | 769 | 1,283 | 104 | 109% | |||
Linn | 3,484 | 2,401 | 4,048 | 564 | 116% | |||
Logan | 1,132 | 785 | 1,249 | 117 | 110% | |||
Lyon | 6,552 | 3,920 | 7,550 | 998 | 115% | |||
Marion | 4,003 | 2,564 | 4,465 | 462 | 112% | |||
Marshall | 3,307 | 1,581 | 3,729 | 422 | 113% | |||
McPherson | 8,549 | 5,832 | 9,964 | 1,415 | 117% | |||
Meade | 1,415 | 914 | 1,523 | 108 | 108% | |||
Miami | 10,003 | 7,160 | 12,308 | 2,305 | 123% | |||
Mitchell | 2,308 | 1,375 | 2,504 | 196 | 108% | |||
Montgomery | 8,679 | 6,133 | 9,931 | 1,252 | 114% | |||
Morris | 1,820 | 1,106 | 2,124 | 304 | 117% | |||
Morton | 995 | 626 | 1,034 | 39 | 104% | |||
Nemaha | 4,124 | 2,605 | 4,664 | 540 | 113% | |||
Neosho | 4,431 | 2,930 | 4,970 | 539 | 112% | |||
Ness | 1,228 | 808 | 1,339 | 111 | 109% | |||
Norton | 1,840 | 1,187 | 2,007 | 167 | 109% | |||
Osage | 4,826 | 2,964 | 5,705 | 879 | 118% | |||
Osborne | 1,460 | 907 | 1,629 | 169 | 112% | |||
Ottawa | 2,283 | 1,497 | 2,610 | 327 | 114% | |||
Pawnee | 1,904 | 1,145 | 2,045 | 141 | 107% | |||
Phillips | 2,233 | 1,419 | 2,418 | 185 | 108% | |||
Pottawatomie | 7,612 | 5,384 | 9,452 | 1,840 | 124% | |||
Pratt | 2,838 | 1,701 | 3,108 | 270 | 110% | |||
Rawlins | 1,220 | 771 | 1,261 | 41 | 103% | |||
Reno | 15,513 | 9,892 | 18,443 | 2,930 | 119% | |||
Republic | 2,024 | 1,245 | 2,182 | 158 | 108% | |||
Rice | 2,837 | 1,729 | 3,262 | 425 | 115% | |||
Riley | 10,107 | 6,514 | 11,610 | 1,503 | 115% | |||
Rooks | 2,031 | 1,409 | 2,325 | 294 | 114% | |||
Rush | 1,197 | 754 | 1,350 | 153 | 113% | |||
Russell | 2,574 | 1,564 | 2,790 | 216 | 108% | |||
Saline | 13,828 | 8,384 | 15,722 | 1,894 | 114% | |||
Scott | 1,865 | 1,244 | 2,014 | 149 | 108% | |||
Sedgwick | 104,353 | 70,879 | 122,416 | 18,063 | 117% | |||
Seward | 3,159 | 2,009 | 3,372 | 213 | 107% | |||
Shawnee | 35,934 | 23,933 | 40,443 | 4,509 | 113% | |||
Sheridan | 1,197 | 795 | 1,282 | 85 | 107% | |||
Sherman | 2,089 | 1,376 | 2,269 | 180 | 109% | |||
Smith | 1,661 | 1,074 | 1,763 | 102 | 106% | |||
Stafford | 1,490 | 950 | 1,645 | 155 | 110% | |||
Stanton | 492 | 376 | 614 | 122 | 125% | |||
Stevens | 1,599 | 1,042 | 1,760 | 161 | 110% | |||
Sumner | 6,984 | 4,203 | 8,105 | 1,121 | 116% | |||
Thomas | 2,908 | 1,856 | 3,130 | 222 | 108% | |||
Trego | 1,227 | 755 | 1,363 | 136 | 111% | |||
Wabaunsee | 2,372 | 1,582 | 2,845 | 473 | 120% | |||
Wallace | 721 | 506 | 770 | 49 | 107% | |||
Washington | 2,194 | 1,342 | 2,363 | 169 | 108% | |||
Wichita | 769 | 560 | 808 | 39 | 105% | |||
Wilson | 2,788 | 1,869 | 3,153 | 365 | 113% | |||
Woodson | 1,082 | 693 | 1,228 | 146 | 113% | |||
Wyandotte | 15,806 | 10,526 | 18,934 | 3,128 | 120% | |||
671,018 | 453,030 | 771,406 | 100,388 | 115% |
Yes, turnout in presidential election years is always higher.
Except in Kansas in 2018, where Laura Kelly turned out 81,000 more "votes" than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.
Yeah, I read your old posts.
You believe in polls and polling, and the Media Narrative on whatever "horserace" is important to them.
For example, you believe the 2012 "Todd Akin" Narrative.
Allow me to show you why that Narrative is simply ponyplop:
Missouri 2008 McCain Obama 1,445,814 1,441,911 Missouri 2012 Romney Obama 1,482,440 1,223,796 Akin McCaskill 1,063,698 1,484,683
Notice anything odd?
HOWEVER - there's another dynamic in play here - a top-down national vote-rigging machine run by the Democrat Party.
You can't see it unless you know how to look at it in the correct manner - and until you see it, it's all just statistical noise.
Yeah, but it is Kansas. Trump won Kansas in 2016 and 2020. Roger Marshall won the Senate Race in 2020. If there was a democratic vote-rigging machine in Kansas, it wouldn’t have just been used to knock Kobach off. Unless things go terribly wrong, Republicans will win back the governors race in 2022. The whole story is warning about nominating weak candidates. I can see it happening in multiple states right now. They might still win since Biden is such a disaster, but it is not comforting.
They used it to steal KS CD3 from Yoder under the cover of the phony "Blue Wave":
Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2016) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Kevin Yoder 176,022 51.3 Democratic Jay Sidie 139,300 40.6 Libertarian Steve Hohe 27,791 8.1 Total votes 343,113 100.0 Republican hold Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2018) Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Sharice Davids 164,253 53.3 Republican Kevin Yoder 136,104 44.2 Libertarian Chris Clemmons 7,643 2.5 Total votes 308,000 100.0
As Joe would say - "Come on, man!"
Yoder lost 40,000 votes and Davids gained 24,000 "votes" in 2 years?
In Kansas CD1, the Republican dropped 13,000 votes, and the Democrat gained 5,500 votes - about normal.
Hang on a second! Looks like they were putting a full-court press on in Kansas CD2!:
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lynn Jenkins* 181,228 60.9 Democratic Britani Potter 96,840 32.5 Libertarian James Bales 19,333 6.5 Total votes 297,401 99.9 Republican hold Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Steve Watkins 126,099 47.6 Democratic Paul Davis 123,900 46.8 Libertarian Kelly Standley 21,386 7.2 Total votes 271,386 100.0 Republican hold
CD4 was Pompeo's district - about normal:
Kansas's 4th Congressional District election (2016) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Mike Pompeo 166,998 60.7 Democratic Daniel Giroux 81,495 29.6 Independent Miranda Allen 19,021 6.9 Libertarian Gordon Bakken 7,737 2.8 Total votes 275,251 100.0 Republican hold 2017 special election Kansas's 4th Congressional District special election (2017) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ron Estes 63,505 52.5 Democratic James Thompson 55,310 45.7 Libertarian Chris Rockhold 2,082 1.7 Total votes 120,897 100.0 Republican hold Kansas's 4th Congressional District election (2018) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Ron Estes 144,248 59.4 Democratic James Thompson 98,445 40.6 Total votes 242,693 100.0 Republican hold
I'll have to examine CD2 to see what was so special about it that they thought they could peel off another US House seat under Blue Wave camo.
I can bet without checking that the CD2 counties have wild numbers for Laura Kelly over Hillary’s 2016 turnout...
You are missing the big picture. Hilary Clinton beat Trump in CD3 in 2016. Throw in the suburban mom’s flipping to democrat, and Yoder was in big trouble in 2018, which is why the Dems threw a TON of money at that race to knock off Yoder. Not cheating, effective politics. Dems put a up a woman, and gave her a ton of money. Biden went on to win CD3 by 11 points in 2020.
That is The Narrative.
The Media combines with the Democrat vote fraud machine and runs with a Narrative to cover the vote fraud.
you wrote: If there was a democratic vote-rigging machine in Kansas, it wouldn’t have just been used to knock Kobach off.
Right! They were scoring a couple of US House seats under the cover of their phony "Blue Wave 2018" Narrative.
They got one [Yoder's seat] and came within 2,200 "votes" of grabbing the second one.
One of us is missing The Big Picture.
Throw in the suburban mom’s flipping to democrat, and Yoder was in big trouble in 2018, which is why the Dems threw a TON of money at that race to knock off Yoder. Not cheating, effective politics.
As we have seen from 2000 Mules, the Democrats have a nationally-directed vote fraud machine.
The "ton of money" was spent Getting Out The Cheat in a 20 by 20 mile square. Not a mail ballot drop box operation [I'll have to check the Kansas voting laws to make sure], but lots of room in a little space to shuttle "votes" to the desired places.
you wrote: Hilary Clinton beat Trump in CD3 in 2016.
Pretty thin sauce you're spreading there, pard:
Hillary Trump Johnson County 129,852 137,490 Miami County 3,991 10,003 Wyandotte County 30,146 15,806
Hillary BARELY beat Trump, 47% to 46%, with Wyandotte saving her bacon.
Don't trot that out there like a "crushing victory".
The Democrat vote fraud machine made sure that didn't happen again...
I seem to recall Amash was in the Freedom Caucus. Means nothing.
He is not to be trusted, at all.
Everyone on this forum, and probably every national political pundit are mistaken about the Kansas Republican electorate. Many Kansas Republicans are liberals, and historical artifact of the birth of the state when the new state was a magnet for left wing activists who were the early core of the Republican Party. It’s not an accident that the main street in Lawrence is named for Massachusetts.
Laura Kelly was a lifelong Republican until she saw and opportunity to win the Governor’s mansion by winning against Kobach by changing to the Democrat Party. Many Kansas Republicans were never going to vote for Kobach.
Now, she has been overruled multiple times following her vetoes. She won’t win reelection. Many of the new Republicans are working class Hispanics who have never been to the Free State Brewery, but they believe that the Republican party can best deliver the opportunities that they seek.
Where was Kelly’s “mothership” located to get her the win?
As I understand it, Brownback was a conservative, but he had the usual habit of stealing from the state’s highway fund to take care of his priorities. And this after a tax increase to bolster the highway fund!
Not so much that Kelly was overcounted, but that Kobach was undercounted, by your reckoning. Well, you can always get a few Post Office trusties to throw out the absentee ballots from GOP neighborhoods.
The big one was in Johnson County/Wyandotte.
I'll have to analyze the 2nd CD to see where that one (s) was.
All you have to do to find them is do the 2008-2020 Kansas spreadsheet, print a state map by county and write in the Joek percentages that are more than about 105% of the Obama 2008 turnout.
Good point, and one to think about. Kelly STILL beat Hillary by 80K votes, though.
I find that these spreadsheets and comparisons lead to further questions - like "are they trying to pick up a Senate seat?" or "are they trying to pick up a US House seat" or "was there a consequential local race involved".
I'm only very familiar with the state politics of my state and some of the surrounding states, and local politics within my state.
I have plenty of time, so I just let the thoughts simmer like a stew pan on a back burner.
I'm not really familiar with Kansas politics, so I'm speculating in an information vacuum on this thread.
Would there be any particular reason that Trump would have increased his Kansas turnout by 100,000 over his 2016 outing?
He also quit the Freedom Caucus, and was condemned by the Freedom Caucus, so being a member in good standing does mean something.
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