Notice of Special Question Election - 2026 City of Wichita Special Question Election

NOTICE OF SPECIAL QUESTION ELECTION

TO ALL THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS:

Notice is hereby given by the Governing Body of the City of Wichita, Kansas, and the Sedgwick County Election Commissioner that there will be a special question election in the City of Wichita, Kansas (the "City") on the 3^rdday of March, 2026, for the purpose of voting on the question of levying a city retailers' sales tax in the amount of one percent (1.0%) on retail sales consummated within the City, for the special purpose of Public Safety, Homeless and Housing Services, the Revitalization of Century II and Convention Center Improvements, Property Tax Relief, and the Development and Construction of a New Downtown Public Performing Arts Center. The tax will take effect on July 1, 2026 and end no later than June 30, 2033. The tax will be collected by the State Department of Revenue, and the revenue therefrom returned to the City.

The proposition shall appear on the ballot as follows:

PROPOSITION NO. 1 - CITY-WIDE RETAILERS’ SALES TAX

Shall the following be adopted?

1. Shall the City of Wichita, Kansas, be authorized, pursuant to S.A. 12-187 et seq., to impose a one percent (1.0%) city-wide retailers' sales tax to be effective July 1, 2026, and which will terminate no later than June 30, 2033, the revenues derived therefrom to be applied as follows?

A. An amount not to exceed $225 million dollars of such tax applied to Public Safety costs for support of City police and fire facility construction and maintenance, the acquisition of vehicles, apparatus and equipment and other purposes related to providing Police and Fire Services for the City;

B. An amount not to exceed $250 million dollars of such tax applied to pay the costs for Revitalization of Century II (not to exceed $25 Million) and Upgraded and Expanded Convention Center Improvements (not to exceed $225 Million);

C. An amount not to exceed $150 million dollars of such tax applied for Property Tax Relief;

D. An amount not to exceed $150 million dollars of such tax applied to establish a restricted-special fund, with earnings from such fund to be reinvested into this special fund, to support Homeless and Housing Services by funding affordable housing projects and programs, shelter facilities, a multi-agency center and its operations and related services for people experiencing homelessness; and

E. An amount not to exceed $75 million dollars of such tax applied for Development and Construction of a New Downtown Public Performing Arts Center.

Yes

The polls will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 7:00 P.M., on March 3, 2026, the election day. The voting places in the City and the area each voting place will serve will be as follows:

Polling Site/Address	Polling Site Address	Precincts
AbilityPoint	2919 W 2nd St N	602, 606, 614, 616, 624
Alford Library	3447 S Meridian	417, 418, 429, 447, 448
Alvin Morris Admin Center	903 S Edgemoor	307, 308
Atwater Community Center	2755 E 19th St N	118
Berean Baptist Church	1230 N Hoover Rd	604, 605
Boston Rec Center	6655 E Zimmerly St	205, 207, 235, 248 309
Central Christian Church	2900 N Rock Rd	216, 218, 219, 237
Chisholm Trail Church of Christ	5833 E 37th St N	120, 123, 126, 133, 136
Church of the Magdalen	12626 E 21st St N	222, 228, 229, 236, 238, 243, 247
Colonial Heights Church	5200 S Broadway	316, 317, 318, 322, 326, 335, 338, 425
Country Acres Baptist	8810 W 10th St N	507, 517, 518
Covenant Presbyterian Church	1750 N Tyler Rd	508, 515, 516
East Point Church of Christ	747 N 127th St E	220, 223, 250
Eastminster Presbyterian	1958 N Webb Rd	217, 221, 249
Edgemoor Rec Center	5815 E 9th St N	102, 109, 111, 128, 135, 137
Evangel Presbyterian Church	1545 S 135th St W	410, 426, 431, 443, 449, 544, 549
Evergreen Library	2601 N Arkansas	615, 617, 626
Evidence Church	11135 W Kellogg	403, 412, 444
Exodus Church	15200 E Central	227, 240, 241, 242, 253, 255
Fire Station 21	2110 N 135th St W	539, 550
First Pentecostal Church	1755 E MacArthur Rd	311, 315, 327, 328, 329, 337
Glenville Church	4604 S Seneca St	422, 439, 450
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church	8021 W 21st St	510, 514
GraceFirst	14725 E Harry	226, 239, 251, 252, 257
Greater St Mary Baptist Church	1648 E 17th St N	113, 114, 115
Hillside Christian Church	8330 E Douglas Ave	206, 210, 211, 214, 254
Hope Church	2000 S Hillside St	304, 306, 330
Journey Church	9999 E Harry	225
Life Church	3210 N Maize Rd	505, 511, 513, 520, 521, 527, 528, 534, 541, 545, 546, 636
Linwood Recreation Center	1901 S Kansas	104, 105, 129, 130, 302, 303, 305, 312, 319
Machinists Building	3830 S Meridian Ave	416, 419, 420, 440, 446
Mt Vernon Methodist Church	5701 E Mt Vernon St	321, 332, 333
New Hope Christian Church	1400 George Washington Dr	339
Northside Church of Christ	4545 N Meridian Ave.	618, 622, 630, 633, 634
Olivet Baptist Church	3440 W 13th St N	611, 612
Pathway Church	2001 N Maize Rd	525, 526
Plum Shelter	6501 W 21st St N	503, 551, 632, 637
Plymouth Congregational Church	202 N Clifton Ave	107, 108, 110, 331
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church	2727 E 25th St N	117, 127
Redeemer Church	1900 McCormick	406, 408
Reformation Lutheran	7601 E 13th St N	138, 215
Reliance Community Church	11910 W Pawnee St	411, 413, 414, 421, 427, 428
Risen Savior Lutheran Church	6770 E 34th St N	121, 122
Riverside Christian Church	1001 Litchfield	601, 607, 608
Riverview Baptist Church	844 W 53rd St N	623, 627
Saint Mark United Methodist Church	1525 N Lorraine	116
Sedgwick County Extension Office	7001 W 21st St N	509, 603, 620, 621
Season's Venue	OJ Watson Park	313, 336, 407
South High School	701 W 33rd St S	314, 325
Southeast High School	2641 S 127th St E	208, 209, 230, 233, 246
St Andrew's Lutheran	2555 Hyacinth Ln	613, 619
St Catherine of Siena	3642 N Ridge Rd	512, 629
St Elizabeth Ann Seton	645 N 119th St W	445, 522, 523, 531, 552
The Stockyards	6425 W MacArthur Rd	415, 423, 424, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 451
Urban League of Kansas	2418 E 9th St N	106
West Evangelical Free Church	1161 N Maize Rd	519, 524, 530
West High School	820 S Osage	103, 301, 320, 324, 405
Westview Baptist Church	1325 S Meridian Ave	404, 409
Westwood Presbyterian	8007 W Maple	401, 402, 504, 506
Wichita United Church of Christ	5200 E 31st St S	310, 334
Woodland Lakes Community Church	770 S Greenwich Rd	224
Woodland United Methodist Church	1100 W 15th St N	609, 610
WSU Metropolitan Complex	5015 E 29th St N	112, 119

Early voting is available at the Sedgwick County Election Office during regular business hours, beginning Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Early voting will end at Noon on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Early voting is also available at the following satellite locations on February 26-27, 2026, 10am-6pm, and February 28, 2026, 9am-1pm:

Eastminster Presbyterian	1958 N Webb Rd
Evangel Presbyterian Church	1545 S 135th St W
Machinists Building	3830 S Meridian Ave
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church	5701 E Mt Vernon St
Northside Church of Christ	4545 N Meridian
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church	2727 E 25th St N
Reformation Lutheran Church	7601 E 13th St N
Sedgwick County Extension Office	7001 W 21st St N
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church	2555 Hyacinth Ln
Woodland Lakes Community Church	1100 W 15th St N

The election will be conducted by the officers and/or persons provided by law for holding elections, and the method of voting will be by ballot. Registered voters are eligible to vote by advance voting ballot upon application to the Sedgwick County Election Commissioner at the address set forth below pursuant to K.S.A. 25‑1117 et seq.

Dated this 12^th day of January 2026.

Laura Rainwater

Sedgwick County Election Commissioner