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Kansas is voting on a new license plate after complaints scuttled an earlier design
View Date:2024-12-23 22:26:55
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has opened voting on five proposed designs for a new license plate, including one that closely resembles a previous design criticized and pulled for being uninspired, reminding people of the University of Missouri and too closely resembling one of New York’s plates.
Gov. Laura Kelly’s office announced Monday that voting online was open as of 9 a.m. and that it would close Friday at 5 p.m. A website set up by the state requires voters to give their names and ZIP codes. Only votes from Kansas ZIP codes will be counted.
“I encourage Kansans to make their voices heard and am looking forward to announcing the winner next week,” Kelly said in a statement.
Each proposed plate features a combination of seven numbers and letters in black and the first half of the state’s motto, “To the stars,” at the bottom.
The Democratic governor’s administration recalled the second part of the state’s motto — “with difficulties” — in rolling out the previous design the day before Thanksgiving. Members of the Republican-controlled Legislature immediately threatened to intervene once lawmakers reconvene in January.
Some critics thought the navy blue and gold design was drab and ugly. Others thought the design too closely recalled the University of Missouri’s gold and black colors. Still others, including Attorney General Kris Kobach, a Republican, noted its resemblance to a New York plate known as “Empire Gold.”
Nevertheless, one of the five designs resembles the previous design. Others feature wheat stalks, sunflowers and the Statehouse dome.
The state is replacing its current design of navy numbers and letters on light blue because the plates have deteriorated and become harder for police to read.
The original plan was to start giving motorists the plate with the now-disfavored design in March when they renewed their vehicle registrations, charging them 50 cents for the required rear plate unless they wanted to pay an extra $45 for a specialized plate.
Kelly said that her office had received some designs from the public and said some of them were “beautiful.” However, she said the state is moving ahead with voting now on five designs “to get safer plates on the streets as soon as possible.”
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