Arrangement of offices on official general ballots; municipal offices, rules and regulations

25-611. Arrangement of offices on official general ballots; municipal offices, rules and regulations. (a) The arrangement of offices on the official general ballot for national and state offices for those offices to be elected shall be in the following order: Names of candidates for the offices of president and vice-president, United States senator, United States representative ____________ district, governor and lieutenant governor running together, secretary of state, attorney general, (and any other officers elected from the state as a whole), state senator ______ district, state representative _____ district, district judge ________ district, district magistrate judge ____ district, district attorney ________ judicial district, and state board of education member __________ district. (b) The arrangement of offices on the official general ballot for county township offices for those offices to be elected shall be in the following order: Names of candidates for county commissioner ______ district, county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, county attorney, sheriff, township trustee, township treasurer and township clerk. (c) The secretary of state by rules and regulations adopted on or before July 1, 2016, shall develop the order of arrangement of municipal offices on the general election ballot in odd-numbered year elections. History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 18; L. 1976, ch. 181, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 165, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 73; L. 2001, ch. 81, § 4; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 35; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026