Petition to lift breed-specific ban in Salina falls short

SALINA, Kan. (KSNW) — An effort to lift a dog breed-specific ban in Salina has hit a roadblock.

Salinans Against BSL (Breed Specific Language) has been working for years to lift the breed-specific ban . Last week, a petition containing 1,814 signatures requiring the city to either repeal or modify the ban was delivered to the Saline County Election Office.

Under Kansas Law, petitions must have the signatures of at least 25% of registered voters who voted in the last municipal election . The city says that of 1,814 signatures, only 1,369 were accepted by the Saline County Election Office, which fell below the 25% requirement.

The city says the election office found that 445 of the petition signatures were from unregistered voters, names that didn’t match signatures, signatures of people with canceled voter registrations, and those who live in the wrong districts.

The final tally left the petition just 22 signatures short of passing. Under state law , the petitioner can’t submit additional signatures to make up for the shortfall.

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