The candidates have been selected for Ellis County representation on the Silver Haired Legislature. Bob Fairbank, Alberta Klaus and Janice Schwab, all from Hays, are on this year’s ballot.

The election will be March 14^th and the polling sites are the nutrition sites in Ellis, Hays and Victoria and the Northwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging office. To vote you must be a registered voter in Ellis County and be 60 or older as of March 9^th.

Absentee ballots are available by contacting the Area Agency on Aging by February 28^th.

Representatives on the Silver Haired Legislature discuss and present issues of concern for the state’s senior citizen population to the Kansas Legislature and Governor.