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A theme emerged Tuesday among voters leaving the polling locations I visited in Jackson County.

The taxes, one voter said.

The property tax issue," another voter said.

I've been up all night working, Independence voter Brad Nesbitt said. Ive got to go back to bed and work so I can pay more taxes.

Some voters also touched on Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr.s handling of the ongoing issues swirling around the future of the Chiefs and Royals stadiums, though voters seemed to believe there was plenty of blame to go around there.

But Whites steadfast defense of Jackson Countys property reassessments, which drew a record number of appeals in 2019 and again in 2023 as homeowners recoiled at skyrocketing valuations, was his undoing in the eyes of many v

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