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Citizens of Jackson County spent months gathering signatures to trigger a recall election of Jackson County, Missouri, Executive Frank White, Jr.

No excuse absentee voting is underway now. The official election day is Tuesday, September 30.

White sat down with KSHB 41 News reporter Alyssa Jackson to plead his case for keeping his position. KSHB 41 Explains how the county got to this point.

Who is Frank White?

He went from Royals World Series champion to local politician. First, he joined the Jackson County legislature in 2014. In 2016, he became the county executive.

A lot of times youll see an athlete go into politics, theyll say, Hes just a baseball player, he doesnt know nothing about politics."' "I do know common sense, White explained.

White won his 2018

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