Less than a week after rollout — a week full of sharp criticism statewide — the state’s new standard license plate design is on hold and will likely be changed.
Referencing her goals of being a bipartisan governor, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says she “succeeded at bringing Kansans across the political aisle together in disliking this new license plate.” This means the design involving a wheat-yellow background color, black and midnight-blue text and the words “to the stars” on the bottom of the tag is currently shelved so the state can develop a public input mechanism.
Regardless of the final design, Governor Kelly says there will be several key characteristics — especially in order to make it easy for law enforcement and other first responders to read:
*License plate numbers will be seven digits.
*Any phrase, motto, or slogan must be placed at the bottom of the license plate.
*Any graphic must be placed on the right or left side of the license plate number.
*Graphics must not resemble letters, numbers, or special characters in a way that would interfere with the ability to read the license plate number.
*Background design must not interfere with the ability to read the license plate number.
*The license plate must have a light background behind the license plate number, and the license plate number must be black.
The governor’s decision comes as the latest KVOE News poll, asking whether you like the new design, is set to end at noon Wednesday. To this point, the results have been overwhelmingly negative. We’ll have final results during Thursday’s Morning Show.
