Chapter 25, ELECTIONS

25-2203. State election board; membership; duties; rules and regulations. (a) There is hereby established the state election board, the members of which shall be the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state and the attorney general. The state election board shall meet on the c…

25-2204. Appeal to state election board; effect of determination of appeal; enforcement. In the event that any subdivision of government receives a statement of apportionment of election expense from a county election officer and is aggrieved thereby, the governing body of such s…

25-2205. Definitions; adoption by reference. Words and terms used in this act have the same meaning as is ascribed thereto in other acts of the legislature at which this act is passed. History: L. 1968, ch. 53, § 5; March 19. Cross References to Related Sections: Definitions enac…

25-2301. Proof of right of suffrage. Citizens who are entitled to the right of suffrage shall be ascertained as provided in this act, except as is otherwise provided in K.S.A. 25-1215 et seq. and 25-1801 et seq. The provisions of this act are of statewide importance and concern. …

25-2302. Duty of qualified voters to register; evidence of right to vote. It is the duty of all legally qualified voters to register to vote. Such registration, when made as provided in this act, shall entitle such voters to vote, if otherwise legally qualified. Such registration…

25-2302d. Late registration by recently discharged federal service people; certificate; filing with election board. An elector who was a person in federal service within the meaning of K.S.A. 25-1214, and amendments thereto, and whose status in such federal service has been termi…

25-2303. County election officer designated; deputy county election officers, appointment; voter registration agency; definition of terms. (a) The officer responsible for administering the provisions of this act shall be the county election officer. "County election officer" mean…

25-2304. Registration books; centralized voter registration database; requirements; rules and regulations. (a) The county election officer shall maintain registration books to register all citizens entitled to be registered by such county election officer under the provisions of …

25-2305. Same; items to be included. The registration books shall contain the following information as to each voter who is registered: Name, date of registration and residence. Residence shall be specified by number and street, if any, and otherwise in such appropriate form as i…

25-2305a. Residential and mailing address required; requirements of residential address; electronic database. The county election officer shall record and maintain a residential address and a mailing address for each registered voter if the mailing address is different from the r…

25-2306. Registration by persons under eighteen; minimum age to vote. The application for registration shall include a statement by the applicant that he will have reached the age of eighteen (18) years before the next statewide general election. No person may vote at any electio…

25-2307. Administration of oaths. County election officers and deputy county election officers are authorized to administer oaths for the examination of applicants for registration or for any other matters relating to the administration of their duties. History: L. 1968, ch. 55, …

25-2309. Application for registration; registration agencies; limitations on public inspection of registrations; registration citizenship requirements; election board citizenship hearings; unsatisfactory evidence of citizenship; sworn affidavits; rules and regulations. (a) Any pe…

25-2309a. Mailing of registration forms; envelope required. All mail registration forms utilized by the county election officer shall be transmitted in envelopes in order to protect the privacy of the registrant. History: L. 1976, ch. 181, § 13; May 8.

25-2309b. Signature cards for voter registration records; request for current signature card. (a) The county election officer may request that any registered voter whose signature does not appear in registration records sign and submit a signature card on a form prescribed by the…

25-2309c. Notices and official mailings; mailing address. Unless otherwise specifically provided, whenever any notice or other official mailing is required to be mailed to a registered voter at the place of residence specified in the registration books, such notice shall be addre…

25-2310. Publication of registration times, places and closing thereof; notice of information for registration by mail. County election officers shall publish notice of places and dates for registration and the closing thereof before each election in a newspaper having general ci…

25-2311. Opening and closing of registration; when required; rules and regulations; certification of number of registered voters in precincts to secretary of state. (a) County election officers shall provide for the registration of voters at one or more places on all days except …

25-2312. Same; additional times of registration permitted. Places of registration which are in the main office building of the county government in the case of election commissioners and in the main offices of the city government in the case of city clerks shall be open during th…

25-2313. Additional places of registration permitted. County election officers may provide for additional places of registration. Such additional places may be located other than in buildings in the event such places are determined to be suitable by the county election officer. H…

25-2314. Appointment of deputy county election officers. County election officers are authorized to appoint deputy county election officers for terms which do not extend longer than the term of the appointing officer or two (2) years, whichever is the shorter period of time, exce…

25-2315. Expenses of registration, payment. The expenses of registration incurred under this act shall be paid by the county in all cases except expenses incurred by voter registration agencies and the division of motor vehicles, in which case such expenses shall be paid by such …

25-2316a. False swearing to an affidavit; penalty. False swearing to an affidavit to obtain a ballot is falsely swearing to an affidavit given to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of K.S.A. 25-2316c. False swearing to an affidavit to obtain a ballot is …

25-2316c. Registration of voters; change of name of registered voter; change of residence by registered voters; provisional ballots; advance voting ballot, application; required confirmation notice to registrants upon certain events; removal of names of voters from registration l…

25-2316e. Severability. If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and…

25-2318. Registration books for voting places. (a) The county election officer shall prepare a registration book for each voting place. Such registration books shall have entered therein, in alphabetical order, the registered voters authorized to vote at such voting place if othe…

25-2319. Record of vote in registration books. At every election, one of the judges of the election board shall, as each person votes, enter on the registration book the word "voted," or some other distinguishing mark prescribed by the county election officer, on the line where s…

25-2320. Copies of registration records; limitations on public inspection. (a) The county election officer shall allow access to any person at any time during regular business hours, under supervision of the county election officer for the purpose of examining the voter registrat…

25-2320a. Use of voter registration lists for commercial purposes; penalty. Use of voter registration lists for commercial purposes is knowingly selling, giving or receiving the information on or derived from voter registration lists with the intent to use such list or informatio…

25-2322. Mandamus to compel registration. If the county election officer refuses to register any person who makes application therefor as provided in this act, such person may bring an action in mandamus to require such registration in the district court of the district in which …

25-2323. Registration of voters on statewide basis by secretary of state. The secretary of state and deputy assistant secretaries of state may register voters on a statewide basis. History: L. 1989, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.

25-2324. Information regarding noncitizens who were issued a permanent or temporary drivers' license; quarterly report to secretary of state; duties of secretary of state; removal of names from voter rolls, when. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall provide a list…

25-2352. Registration of voters as part of application for driver's license or nondriver identification card; motor vehicle record information transfers; rules and regulations. (a) (1) Each Kansas division of motor vehicles driver's license application and nondriver identificatio…

25-2353. Move of registrant; update of registration record and provisional ballot. A registrant who has moved to a new address in the same county shall be permitted to update the voter's registration record and vote a provisional ballot at the registrant's new polling place, or a…

25-2354. Check of the registration records of voters by chief state election officer or county election officer. (a) Once each calendar year a check of the registration records of voters in the state of Kansas shall be commenced by the chief state election official or the county …

25-2355. Adoption of rules and regulations pertaining to national voter registration act. The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations to comply with the national voter registration act. History: L. 1996, ch. 187, § 20; April 25. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Written notice of vi…

25-2356. Registration of certain voters in all Kansas elections. Any person registered to vote for federal elections during the period from January 1, 1995, through the effective date of this act shall be deemed to be registered to vote in all elections in Kansas, if otherwise qu…

25-2357. Advance notice of identification requirements. The secretary of state shall provide advance notice of the personal identification requirements of this act in a manner calculated to inform the public generally of the requirements for forms of personal identification as pr…

25-2358. Birth certificate applications for voter registration purposes, county assistance provided; transmittal of forms. The boards of county commissioners shall designate a county office or department to provide assistance at no charge to any person applying for a birth certif…

25-2359. Severability. If any provision of this act is held to be unconstitutional under the United States or Kansas constitutions, that provision shall be severed from the act, and the other provisions of this act shall remain valid and in effect. History: L. 2011, ch. 56, § 20;…

25-2360. Online voter registration; press release and posted notice when unavailable; secretary of state. The secretary of state shall issue a press release and post a notice on the secretary of state's website notifying the public whenever the online voter registration website i…

25-2361. Reports on number of registered voters; duties of secretary of state. (a) Each month, the secretary of state shall publish the following information on the official website of the secretary of state: (1) The total number of registered voters in each county of this state;…

25-2407. Corrupt political advertising; penalty. Corrupt political advertising is: (a) (1) Publishing or causing to be published in a newspaper or other periodical any paid matter which expressly advocates the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate, unless such matter is…

25-2408. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Election" means any primary, general or special election of national, state, county, township, school or city officers or officers of any other subdivision of the state, or any question submitt…

25-2409. Election bribery. (a) Election bribery is conferring, offering or agreeing to confer, or soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept any benefit as consideration to or from any person either to vote or withhold any person's vote, or to vote for or against any candidate o…

25-2410. Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers. Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers is knowingly: (a) Offering any benefit, property or thing of value to any person to induce him to sign any nomination paper; or (b) accepting any benefit, property or thing of …

25-2411. Election perjury. Election perjury is intentionally and knowingly falsely swearing, affirming, declaring or subscribing to any of the following: (a) Statements in answer to questions put to a person who has been challenged as unqualified to vote. (b) Statements in answer…

25-2412. Election forgery. Election forgery is: (a) Knowingly and with intent to induce official action, signing or otherwise affixing any name other than one's own name to a certificate of nomination, nomination paper or any petition under the election laws of this state; (b) ma…

25-2413. Disorderly election conduct. Disorderly election conduct is willfully: (a) Disturbing the peace in or about any voting place on election day; (b) leaving or attempting to leave a voting place in possession of any ballot, except as is specifically permitted by law; (c) ap…

25-2414. Possessing false or forged election supplies. Possessing false or forged election supplies is possessing any falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeit poll book, tally lists or election returns of any election in this state with the intent to hinder or prevent a fair …