Republican · Ellis County Clerk / Election Officer
Sources for Bobbi Dreiling
28 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
12 sources- Bobbi L. Dreiling is listed as Ellis County Clerk
- County clerk is an elected four-year office
- County clerk duties include county commission minutes, tax-roll certification, county election officer duties, accounts payable, tax levies, and issuing board-approved orders
- Bobbi L. Dreiling is listed as County Clerk/Election Official
- Ellis County election page provides voter registration, advance voting, mail-ballot, and VoterView information
- Official election page: https://ellisco.net/425/Election
- Bobbi Dreiling is listed as County Clerk / Election Officer
- Ellis County staff directory. Key signal: Bobbi Dreiling listed as county clerk / election officer. (source)
- https://www.ellisco.net/directory.aspx?EID=19 - primary
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Ellis County Clerk / Ellis County, Kansas · 2026-05-19
2024 General Election Official Resultsellisco.net
- Official county clerk result: REP Bobbi L. Dreiling 10,211; DEM Laura Allen 3,060; write-in totals 12
- PDF URL: https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5620/2024-Official-Results
- Official result URL: https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5620/2024-Official-Results
- Bobbi Dreiling is listed as Ellis County Clerk
- The listing says she has been in office since 2021
- s-kcceoa-northwest - https://www.kcceoa.org/county-clerks/northwest
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Ellis County, Kansas · 2026-05-19
Ellis County Commission Agenda Packet - February 3, 2026ellisco.net
- Dreiling presented an informational item for a grades 6-12 I Voted sticker contest
- Dreiling wrote that the contest could inspire future voters and support civics lessons
- Contest rules required nonpartisan artwork and prohibited AI-generated designs
- Dreiling reported 39 entries from USD 432, 20 from USD 388, and one from USD 489 for the I Voted sticker contest
- Dreiling selected three winning designs
- Ellis County April 7, 2026 commission packet. Key signal: Dreiling's contest-results cover sheet: 60 entries and three selected student designs. (source)
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Ellis County Clerk / Ellis County, Kansas · 2026-05-19
Public Demonstration of the DS200 Election Ballot Scannerellisco.net
- Dreiling signed a public notice for an October 6, 2025 DS200 election ballot scanner demonstration
- s-ellis-ds200-public-test - https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5809/public-test
- https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5809/public-test - primary public DS200 scanner demonstration notice
- Dreiling signed an August 20, 2025 voter registration close-of-books notice
- The notice identifies her as Ellis County Clerk/Election Officer
- s-ellis-close-books-2025 - https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5797/Close-of-Books-Notice-of-Places---Copy
- Public state campaign-finance portal did not surface a usable Bobbi Dreiling county-clerk donor table in the reviewed public record
- s-kansas-campaign-finance-portal - https://www.kansas.gov/campaign-finance/
- https://www.kansas.gov/campaign-finance/ - primary public campaign-finance data portal
- 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,...
- Ellis County Clerk Official Page
- 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...
- Ellis County Election Page
- Official Ellis County election page. Key signal: voter registration, advance voting, VoterView, mail ballot links, and Dreiling as county clerk/election official. (source)
Reporting and Public Context
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Republican Dreiling touts election security in run for Ellis County Clerk reelectionhayspost.com
- Dreiling described eight elections with perfect counts, audits, and recounts
- Dreiling cited township consolidation, smaller mail-ballot envelopes, poll-pad lease savings, revenue-neutral-rate mailings, Saturday early voting, and text/email notifications
- Dreiling explained her FHSU polling-location decision using turnout, cost, ADA, and logistics
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Tiger Media Network · 2026-05-19
County Clerk debate addresses election integrity and voter turnouttigermedianet.com
- Dreiling said Ellis County elections had been free, fair, and secure
- Dreiling discussed 100 percent paper ballots and ExpressVote ADA paper-ballot output
- Dreiling said she had no proof of election fraud and invited people to inspect the election process
- Hays Post reported Dreiling won a second term
- Dreiling said she would continue her current office approach and continue to look at voter turnout
- Dreiling said there were no polling-location issues on Election Day
- Dreiling presented 309 provisional ballots to the canvassing board
- 224 provisional ballots were accepted and 81 were rejected because voters were not registered in Ellis County
- No races changed after provisional ballots
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Kansas Reflector · 2026-05-19
Students, county clerk embroiled in monthslong clash over Fort Hays polling locationkansasreflector.com
- Dreiling closed the 601 Main polling place near FHSU because of low turnout
- Dreiling closed another site because it was not ADA compliant
- Dreiling told Kansas Reflector she had a whole community to consider, not just students
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ACLU of Kansas · 2026-05-19
Hundreds in Ellis County Sign Petition for Polling Location at FHSUaclukansas.org
- ACLU of Kansas said local leaders planned to deliver a petition to Dreiling seeking an FHSU campus polling location
- The press release framed the request as a voting-access issue
- ACLU Kansas Press Release
- BobJane 'Bobbi' Dreiling Obituary
- 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, a...
- 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 befo...
- Hays Post: Dreiling candidate profile
- 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 he...
- ACLU 2023 report footnote. Key signal: identifies the "Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk" Facebook page and a Sept. 29, 2020 post link; native Facebook capture was not accessible. ([source](https://www.aclukansas.or...
- A letter to the editor from a Democratic candidate was published criticizing Dreiling's election administration (details in Hays Post)
- Hays Post letter by Laura Allen, August 2024. Key signal: third-party criticism referencing Dreiling's official candidate Facebook page; not treated as Dreiling's own messaging except as account-presence evidence. ([sou...
- s-hayspost-allen-letter-2024 - https://hayspost.com/posts/7c1c8817-1e3a-4c50-951e-895526935cf1
- Dreiling Answers Polling Questions (Letter) -- Hays Post
- IKE Lab 2024 general county results. Key signal: independent public results page listing Dreiling's 2024 reelection vote total as 10,211; Hays Post reported unofficial night-of 9,971. (source)
- Kansas Reflector April 2024 petition article. Key signal: 480-signature petition context; mostly third-party advocacy, with no new Dreiling quote in accessible snippet. ([source](https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/17/h...
- The highest visible public attention was issue-driven rather than social engagement: the FHSU polling-location dispute generated Kansas Reflector coverage, ACLU of Kansas campaign/press materials, Hays Post letters, a 4...
- Public obituary source: Downing & Lahey obituary
- Downing & Lahey obituary
Public Online Activity
2 sources- A candidate Facebook page exists or existed, but native logged-out access did not support post inventory or engagement claims
- https://www.facebook.com/people/Bobbi-Dreiling-for-Ellis-County-Clerk/100067810926476/
- s-facebook-campaign-page - https://www.facebook.com/people/Bobbi-Dreiling-for-Ellis-County-Clerk/100067810926476/
- Facebook: Bobbi Dreiling for Ellis County Clerk
