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Your Election Guide for November 5, 2019

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With hundreds of local races on the ballot Nov. 5, we've pulled together some great websites to help you find out who is running and why.

Just enter your zip code at VOTE411 Voter Guide to see side-by-side candidate backgrounds, qualifications and statements. This works in Kansas and Missouri.

KANSAS CITY QUESTIONS

Voters will decide whether Kansas City should remove Dr. Martin Luther King's name from a 10-mile thoroughfare and return it to what it used to be called, The Paseo. But that’s just one of five questions on the Kansas City, Missouri, ballot. Check out the pros and cons of each here.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY COMMISSION

Nearly half of the seats on Wyandotte County's Board of Commissioners will be decided on Tuesday. KCUR assembled an impressive backgrounder on the candidates.

JCCC BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Sometimes, the lower-level races are the most intriguing. Check out the candidates and watch short videos of the people asking for your vote.

Also, you can check out the Shawnee Mission Post’s back-to-back answers from the candidates on five of the biggest questions in the race.

JOCO WATER BOARD

Here’s a repository of candidate qualifications and statements.

OVERLAND PARK CITY COUNCIL

Here’s the Shawnee Mission Post’s primer on all of the candidates.

KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON US CENSUS

If you live in Kansas, you may be surprised to see a rare statewide constitutional amendment on your ballot. And perhaps, even more puzzling, it involves the U.S. Census. FlatlandKC's Mike Sherry has been digging into what's at stake.

Hey Kansas Taxpayers: Do You Want To Save Nearly A Million Bucks?

You might be hearing chatter about the U.S. census, as the federal government gears up for its once-a-decade headcount next year. But Kansas voters are going to have a census question of their own long before that - in the form of a question on the Nov. 5 state ballot.

Join Nick Haines for a look behind the headlines on the stories affecting our metro on Kansas City Week in Review, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. Sundays.