Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Abortion / life.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
RepublicanCurrent official, not on 2026 ballot
Bobbi Dreiling
Ellis County Clerk / Election Officer - current local official
This is a current-official accountability profile, not a 2026 ballot-candidate profile.
Sources
28
linked public trail
Issues
7/14
with evidence
Records
21
documented items
Online
15
observations
Source mix
28 total
12 primary14 secondary2 social
Latest source access: May 20, 2026
Source TrailBackgroundWho They Are
Bobbi Dreiling is profiled here for Ellis County Clerk / Election Officer as a Republican incumbent/current official. Her recurring self-description is experience. In her 2020 Hays Post candidate profile, Dreiling said she was running because she knew the office, believed the clerk job required experience, enjoyed serving the public, and had worked underneath the prior clerk... Her election-security argument is procedural and concrete. She points to paper ballots, post-election audits, matching poll-pad data with ballots and result media, training poll workers, checking election equipment before and after elections, counting ballots... These biography/status records are descriptive background only; no policy position is inferred from identity, faith, family, or associations.
- Party
- Republican
- Office
- Ellis County Clerk / Election Officer
- Occupation
- County Clerk / Election Officer
Issue overviewWhere They Stand on Big Issues
Position summary
Shown first when sourced
Dated actions
21 items on file
Online signals
15 observed
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for LGBT / gender / parental rights.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. In Hays Post, she said she would work with students to let them know how easy it is to vote in Ellis County, but she also said she did not think there was anything she could do to increase turnout. (source)
What they have done
Ellis County April 7, 2026 commission packet. Key signal: Dreiling's contest-results cover sheet: 60 entries and three selected student designs. (source)
The most recent public outreach item found was civic-engagement oriented: a 2026 student-designed "I Voted" sticker contest. In the February 3, 2026 commission packet, Dreiling wrote that she hoped the contest would inspire future voters and help teachers incorporate civics lessons. In the April 7, 2026 packet, she reported 60 entries and selected three designs rather than one because there were many good designs. (February packet, April packet)
The latest Dreiling-authored public outreach item found was the 2026 Ellis County "I Voted" sticker contest. In a commission packet letter to school superintendents, she wrote that a student-designed sticker contest could encourage grades 6-12 students to participate, inspire future voters, and help teachers build civics lessons around elections and government. In the April 2026 results packet, she reported 60 entries and said she chose three designs rather than one because there were many good designs. (February...
Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. In Hays Post, she said she would work with students to let them know how easy it is to vote in Ellis County, but she also said she did not think there was anything she could do to increase turnout. (source)
Social/online observations
These observations show public activity tied to this issue. They are context, not confirmed positions.
KA
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct serv…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Where they stand
BobJane 'Bobbi' Dreiling Obituary
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
The most repeated claim in her reelection messaging is that the office is accurate and secure. Dreiling told Hays Post she had run eight elections with "perfect counts, audits and recounts." At an October 2024 forum covered by Tiger Media Network, she said Ellis County elections had been free, fair, and secure, and that her tax and value-setting work had been done with 100 percent accuracy. (Hays Post, Tiger Media N...
What they have done
Cost control is another repeated signal. Dreiling credits her office with consolidating nine townships to four, using smaller envelopes for mail-in ballots, reducing postage and supply costs, using a lease program for election poll pads, and making budget-based decisions about ballot drop boxes. She framed township consolidation as a taxpayer savings and described the offsite drop boxes in Ellis and Victoria as too costly to keep open under the required security procedures when they were not being used. (source)
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign website or active public social feed surfaced in the logged-out capture. (clerk page, election page)
The FHSU polling-location dispute is the most visible conflict around her office. Dreiling's own rationale focuses on turnout numbers, cost, ADA compliance, parking/navigation, and service to the full precinct rather than students alone. She told Kansas Reflector, "I also have a whole community that I have to look at," and told Hays Post that the numbers did not support spending taxpayer dollars on a polling place exactly on campus. She also said she would always relook at things after reviewing polling numbers. (...
The most repeated claim in her reelection messaging is that the office is accurate and secure. Dreiling told Hays Post she had run eight elections with "perfect counts, audits and recounts." At an October 2024 forum covered by Tiger Media Network, she said Ellis County elections had been free, fair, and secure, and that her tax and value-setting work had been done with 100 percent accuracy. (Hays Post, Tiger Media Network)
Social/online observations
These observations show public activity tied to this issue. They are context, not confirmed positions.
EL
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the cou…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
KA
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct serv…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
HA
Hays Post 2024 reelection profile. Key signal: eight elections, perfect counts/audits/recounts claim, township consolidation, budget savings…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
TI
Tiger Media Network October 2024 forum coverage. Key signal: public debate remarks on free/fair/secure elections, taxes/levies, paper ballot…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Economy / jobs / labor.
Social/online observations
These observations show public activity tied to this issue. They are context, not confirmed positions.
HA
Her election-security message is specific and procedural. She has described paper ballots, post-election audits, poll-pad and USB/result mat…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
HA
Hays Post November 2024 post-election response. Key signal: reelection result, flawless-office framing, continuing current approach, staff/p…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Guns / Second Amendment.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Immigration / border.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Health care / insurance / Medicaid.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. In Hays Post, she said she would work with students to let them know how easy it is to vote in Ellis County, but she also said she did not think there was anything she could do to increase turnout. (source)
What they have done
Cost control is another repeated signal. Dreiling credits her office with consolidating nine townships to four, using smaller envelopes for mail-in ballots, reducing postage and supply costs, using a lease program for election poll pads, and making budget-based decisions about ballot drop boxes. She framed township consolidation as a taxpayer savings and described the offsite drop boxes in Ellis and Victoria as too costly to keep open under the required security procedures when they were not being used. (source)
Dreiling's public remarks on election fraud are direct. At the 2024 forum, she said she had no reason to believe there was election fraud because she had no proof. She then invited people to come talk with her so she could show them Ellis County's election process, and said there was no voter fraud in Ellis County. (source)
Her election-security argument is procedural and concrete. She points to paper ballots, post-election audits, matching poll-pad data with ballots and result media, training poll workers, checking election equipment before and after elections, counting ballots before they leave the clerk's office, and using cameras at the ballot drop box, ballot-counting room, and equipment room. In 2020, she also said she was a member of Election Infrastructure Information Sharing through the Department of Homeland Security. (2020...
Her recurring self-description is experience. In her 2020 Hays Post candidate profile, Dreiling said she was running because she knew the office, believed the clerk job required experience, enjoyed serving the public, and had worked underneath the prior clerk since 2013. In 2024, she again emphasized the same institutional argument, saying she had learned the July and November abstracts, mill levies, and revenue-neutral-rate work before becoming clerk. (2020 profile, 2024 profile)
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign website or active public social feed surfaced in the logged-out capture. (clerk page, election page)
Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. In Hays Post, she said she would work with students to let them know how easy it is to vote in Ellis County, but she also said she did not think there was anything she could do to increase turnout. (source)
Social/online observations
These observations show public activity tied to this issue. They are context, not confirmed positions.
EL
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the cou…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
EL
Dreiling's strongest public presence is official and administrative, not campaign-style social media. The county clerk page says the clerk s…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
BS
Her social footprint is notably limited. Public sources reference an official "Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk" Facebook page, includi…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
HA
Hays Post 2024 reelection profile. Key signal: eight elections, perfect counts/audits/recounts claim, township consolidation, budget savings…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Where they stand
ACLU Kansas Press Release
What they have done
ACLU Kansas Press Release
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Agriculture / rural economy / water.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Where they stand
The most repeated claim in her reelection messaging is that the office is accurate and secure. Dreiling told Hays Post she had run eight elections with "perfect counts, audits and recounts." At an October 2024 forum covered by Tiger Media Network, she said Ellis County elections had been free, fair, and secure, and that her tax and value-setting work had been done with 100 percent accuracy. (Hays Post, Tiger Media N...
What they have done
Her election-security argument is procedural and concrete. She points to paper ballots, post-election audits, matching poll-pad data with ballots and result media, training poll workers, checking election equipment before and after elections, counting ballots before they leave the clerk's office, and using cameras at the ballot drop box, ballot-counting room, and equipment room. In 2020, she also said she was a member of Election Infrastructure Information Sharing through the Department of Homeland Security. (2020...
Her recurring self-description is experience. In her 2020 Hays Post candidate profile, Dreiling said she was running because she knew the office, believed the clerk job required experience, enjoyed serving the public, and had worked underneath the prior clerk since 2013. In 2024, she again emphasized the same institutional argument, saying she had learned the July and November abstracts, mill levies, and revenue-neutral-rate work before becoming clerk. (2020 profile, 2024 profile)
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign website or active public social feed surfaced in the logged-out capture. (clerk page, election page)
The FHSU polling-location dispute is the most visible conflict around her office. Dreiling's own rationale focuses on turnout numbers, cost, ADA compliance, parking/navigation, and service to the full precinct rather than students alone. She told Kansas Reflector, "I also have a whole community that I have to look at," and told Hays Post that the numbers did not support spending taxpayer dollars on a polling place exactly on campus. She also said she would always relook at things after reviewing polling numbers. (...
Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. In Hays Post, she said she would work with students to let them know how easy it is to vote in Ellis County, but she also said she did not think there was anything she could do to increase turnout. (source)
The most repeated claim in her reelection messaging is that the office is accurate and secure. Dreiling told Hays Post she had run eight elections with "perfect counts, audits and recounts." At an October 2024 forum covered by Tiger Media Network, she said Ellis County elections had been free, fair, and secure, and that her tax and value-setting work had been done with 100 percent accuracy. (Hays Post, Tiger Media Network)
Social/online observations
These observations show public activity tied to this issue. They are context, not confirmed positions.
EL
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the cou…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
EL
Dreiling's strongest public presence is official and administrative, not campaign-style social media. The county clerk page says the clerk s…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
BS
Her social footprint is notably limited. Public sources reference an official "Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk" Facebook page, includi…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
KA
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct serv…
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Where they stand
No sourced position or public action found for Environment / energy / land use.
What they have done
No public action found for this issue.
Actions and source trailActions and Decisions
This profile links 21 public items across 5 of the 14 issue areas. Examples include: Education / curriculum / schools: Her voting-access message is narrower than her critics' framing. Dreiling says her office provides advance voting, mail ballots, Saturday early voting, student voter information, and voter notifications. I... Education / curriculum / schools: The latest Dreiling-authored public outreach item found was the 2026 Ellis County "I Voted" sticker contest. In a commission packet letter to school superintendents, she wrote that a student-designed stick... Education / curriculum / schools: The most recent public outreach item found was civic-engagement oriented: a 2026 student-designed "I Voted" sticker contest. In the February 3, 2026 commission packet, Dreiling wrote that she hoped the con... Education / curriculum / schools: Ellis County April 7, 2026 commission packet. Key signal: Dreiling's contest-results cover sheet: 60 entries and three selected student designs. (source). Public online activity is listed separately as context.
How to read this section
Dated actions appear here when a linked source supports them. Candidate statements, reporting, and public online activity are labeled where they appear.
- Abortion / life0 documented items
- LGBT / gender / parental rights0 documented items
- Education / curriculum / schools4 documented items, 1 online observation
- Religious liberty / church / civic morality0 documented items
- Taxes / spending / debt4 documented items, 4 online observations
- Economy / jobs / labor0 documented items, 2 online observations
- Guns / Second Amendment0 documented items
- Immigration / border0 documented items
- Health care / insurance / Medicaid0 documented items
- Election integrity / voting / courts6 documented items, 4 online observations
- Public safety / law enforcement / criminal justice1 documented item
- Agriculture / rural economy / water0 documented items
- Local governance / transparency / ethics6 documented items, 4 online observations
- Environment / energy / land use0 documented items
Faith affiliationWhere They Worship
Public sources do not identify a current church affiliation. Family and obituary material in the source record points to a Catholic background, but the file does not support naming a current parish.
Campaign financeDonor/Funding Information
Finance snapshot
Not itemized in the reviewed public records
Reporting period
Most recent public filing reviewed
Source: Campaign Finance
No complete candidate donor ledger or receipts-and-expenditures report was verified online in the reviewed public record.; KPDC guidance says local candidates file Appointment of Treasurer forms with county clerks or county election commissioners.; Existing local memory mentions county Republican committee expenditures of $999 for a text broadcast and $50 for room rental, but the underlying source/PDF was not recovered; those amounts are not treated as confirmed without a source.
Research trailSources
28 linked public sources
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Social/online observationsPublic Online Activity
15 public online items are tied to issue areas. Additional online activity is treated as context, not a policy position.
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct service rather than student-only service. She told Kansas Reflector she was not dealing only with students and had a whole community to consider. In Hays Post, she said the numbers did not support spending taxpayer dollars for an on-campus polling location and that she would relook...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign webs...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct service rather than student-only service. She told Kansas Reflector she was not dealing only with students and had a whole community to consider. In Hays Post, she said the numbers did not support spending taxpayer dollars for an on-campus polling location and that she would relook...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Hays Post 2024 reelection profile. Key signal: eight elections, perfect counts/audits/recounts claim, township consolidation, budget savings, Saturday early voting, FHSU polling rationale, ballot drop-box security, cameras, and no-proven-fraud posture. (source)
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Tiger Media Network October 2024 forum coverage. Key signal: public debate remarks on free/fair/secure elections, taxes/levies, paper ballots, and election fraud. (source)
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Her election-security message is specific and procedural. She has described paper ballots, post-election audits, poll-pad and USB/result matching, ballot counts matching before ballots leave the clerk's office, cameras at the drop box and ballot-counting/equipment rooms, worker training, and membership in federal election-security information sharing through the Department of Homeland Security. (2020 profile, 2024 p...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Hays Post November 2024 post-election response. Key signal: reelection result, flawless-office framing, continuing current approach, staff/poll-worker thanks, and no polling-location issues reported. (source)
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign webs...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Dreiling's strongest public presence is official and administrative, not campaign-style social media. The county clerk page says the clerk serves as secretary to the Board of Commissioners and conducts all Ellis County elections, while the election page directs voters to registration, advance voting, mail ballot, and VoterView resources. Both official pages list Dreiling as the current public contact. (clerk page, e...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Her social footprint is notably limited. Public sources reference an official "Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk" Facebook page, including a 2020 correction about felony voting eligibility and 2024 criticism from her opponent, but native Facebook was not accessible enough to inventory posts or metrics. No verified campaign website, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Threads, Substack, Reddit, or candidate L...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Hays Post 2024 reelection profile. Key signal: eight elections, perfect counts/audits/recounts claim, township consolidation, budget savings, Saturday early voting, FHSU polling rationale, ballot drop-box security, cameras, and no-proven-fraud posture. (source)
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Dreiling's public voice is administrative rather than ideological. The official Ellis County clerk and election pages present her as the county clerk and election official responsible for elections, voter registration, tax-roll work, commission minutes, licenses, passports, accounts payable, levies, and other county paperwork. That official footprint is the clearest current public presence; no verified campaign webs...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Dreiling's strongest public presence is official and administrative, not campaign-style social media. The county clerk page says the clerk serves as secretary to the Board of Commissioners and conducts all Ellis County elections, while the election page directs voters to registration, advance voting, mail ballot, and VoterView resources. Both official pages list Dreiling as the current public contact. (clerk page, e...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
Her social footprint is notably limited. Public sources reference an official "Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk" Facebook page, including a 2020 correction about felony voting eligibility and 2024 criticism from her opponent, but native Facebook was not accessible enough to inventory posts or metrics. No verified campaign website, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Threads, Substack, Reddit, or candidate L...
Public activity only; not a policy position.
The most contested public topic is FHSU polling access. Dreiling's stated rationale is turnout, cost, ADA logistics, and whole-precinct service rather than student-only service. She told Kansas Reflector she was not dealing only with students and had a whole community to consider. In Hays Post, she said the numbers did not support spending taxpayer dollars for an on-campus polling location and that she would relook...
Public activity only; not a policy position.