Oh Kansas, you’ve brought the world so many great things… Like…. wheat… and, uh… the Chiefs? Oh, and the band Kansas! And I’m sure many other things that I can’t think of..
But one not-so-great thing about Kansas is their insanely relaxed candidacy requirements for governor. Apparently, the laws for running are so vague that there is absolutely no age limit, which led 6 teenagers to throw in their hats on the campaign trail! They even had their own candidates’ forum in a high school gym, which I can only imagine made them look even more legitimate when they had to wait for PE to get out to make their closing remarks…
The icing on the cake for this whole thing is that representatives have approved a bill to change the candidacy requirements, but they don’t want to pass it until after the 2018 election for fear of displaying a “conflict of interest” for the teen candidates. So, all in all, there will be 20 men, women, and boys running for Governor of Kansas in 2018…