The Jackson County Legislature passed an ordinance to schedule a recall election for August, but the county executive questions its legality.

The election board says it is in limbo waiting for County Executive Frank White to sign or veto an ordinance unanimously approved Monday. There is not enough time to “build the election.”

A lawyer with expertise in election law argues the election boards could have avoided this by acting on the petitions immediately, without waiting for an ordinance.

U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Pat Proctor is a Kansas representative and chairman of the Kansas House Committee on Elections. He is also a member of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors and an assistant professor of Homeland Security at Wichita State University.

Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias has lost his bid to thwart a Kansas law banning foreign actors from funneling money into state-level ballot initiatives.