Chapter 25, ELECTIONS

25-3205. Final canvass of primary election of national and state officers; publication of certified list of candidates; certificates of nomination to candidates; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct. (a) The state board of canvassers s…

25-3206. Canvass of state and national general elections; canvass of statewide question submitted election; result certified to secretary of state; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct; precinct level results available in each county, …

25-3208. Tie votes in state and national elections. (a) In any election for which the state board of canvassers makes the final canvass, if any two or more persons have a tie vote, such board shall determine by lot which person is nominated or elected, as the case may be, except …

25-3209. Tie vote for governor and lieutenant governor; determination by legislature. If any two or more pairs of candidates running together have an equal number of votes for the same office and a higher number than any other pair of candidates running together in a general elec…

25-3210. Report to legislature by secretary of state. At the time fixed for convening of each regular session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall report to each house the list of members elected thereto, with the districts each represents, in accordance with determin…

25-3211. Election records of secretary of state; certificates of election; publication of election results. (a) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record, each certified statement and determination as made by the state board of canvassers. (b) The secreta…

25-3301. Eligibility to vote, partisan primaries; notification by political parties whether unaffiliated voters may vote; party affiliation list for voting areas and advance voting ballot, application; declaration of affiliation at polls; receipt only of ballot of voter's party; …

25-3302. Party affiliation lists; rules and regulations; certification of number of party members on lists; furnishing lists. The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations relating to party affiliation lists and prescribing the manner and form in which the same are to …

25-3303. Removal of names from party affiliation list. Whenever a name is removed from the voter registration books as provided by K.S.A. 25-2316c, and amendments thereto, such name shall also be removed from the party affiliation list. History: L. 1927, ch. 203, § 2; L. 1968, ch…

25-3304. Declaration of party or voter affiliation; change of affiliation. (a) Any person who has declared such person's party or voter affiliation in the manner provided by law shall be listed on a voter affiliation list as a member of a registered political organization, or on …

25-3306. Duty to inform persons registering to vote that party or voter affiliation may be declared; posted notice. County election officers, deputy election officers, voter registration agencies, and offices of the division of motor vehicles shall inform each person registering …

25-3307. Political organizations; designation on voter affiliation lists; recognition as a political party. (a) Any political organization seeking the right of designation on voter affiliation lists after the effective date of this act shall file a statement of organization and a…

25-3401. Inclusion of federal enclaves in wards and townships. Not later than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act, the governing bodies of every city and county and every election or registration officer shall ascertain that all territory of the state is within a…

25-3402. Persons living in federal enclaves deemed qualified electors; registration required. Any person living in a federal enclave within the state shall be deemed a qualified elector if such person is a citizen of the United States and is of the age of eighteen (18) years or m…

25-3403. Right of suffrage of persons in federal enclaves. It is the intention of this act to authorize persons specified in K.S.A. 25-3402, to vote at all elections upon all officers and questions submitted when such persons would be entitled to the right of suffrage if resident…

25-3501. United States representative to congress, filling vacancies by election. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of United States representative to congress from any congressional district of this state, leaving an unexpired term, an election shall be held as prov…

25-3502. Same; governor's proclamation of election. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the governor shall proclaim the date of any election held under this act to be a day not less than 75 days nor more than 90 days after such proclamation is issued. The proclamation s…

25-3503. Same; effect of time of occurrence of vacancy. (a) In the event that any vacancy occurs to which this act applies, and such occurrence is not more than 90 days and not less than 30 days before any primary election, the election provided for in this act shall be held on t…

25-3504. District conventions of certain political parties; nomination of independents by petition. (a) Whenever a vacancy has occurred to which this act applies, except in cases where K.S.A. 25-3503(b) or (c), and amendments thereto, applies, a congressional district convention …

25-3505. Form of ballots. The secretary of state shall furnish to each county election officer, any part of the county of which is within the congressional district having an election under article 35 of chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, the form for the ballot to be used …

25-3506. Conduct of election, responsibility; registration required. Elections held under the provisions of this act shall be conducted by county election officers any part of the county of which is within the congressional district in which the election is to be held. Laws relat…

25-3507. Canvass of election; certificate of election. (a) The canvass of the election shall be conducted as provided in K.S.A. 25-3104, and amendments thereto. County election officers shall dispatch the abstract of the intermediate canvass to the secretary of state immediately …

25-3508. Election laws of state to apply. Election laws of the state not inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to elections held under this act. History: L. 1969, ch. 186, § 8; April 14.

25-3601. Application to both state and local elections; determination of sufficiency of petitions; signatures; question to be submitted filed with county or district attorney prior to circulation; determination of legality of form; application of other statutes; copies of statute…

25-3602. Petition documents; where filed; successive filings; contents; verification; petition circulator; withdrawal of signature; void after 180 days; time of election; determination of number of signatures. (a) Each petition shall consist of one or more documents pertaining to…

25-3604. Where voter registration required, similarity to registration required; rules and regulations by secretary of state. In counties, cities, school districts and other municipalities, or part thereof, where registration of voters is required in the entire territory thereof,…

25-3607. Where registration is required, registration books conclusive of number of qualified electors. In counties, cities, school districts and other municipalities, or part thereof, where registration of voters is required, the registration books shall be conclusive in determi…

25-3608. Petition circulator defined. (a) For purposes of this act, "petition circulator" shall mean a person who is: (1) A United States citizen; (2) at least 18 years of age; and (3) has not been convicted of a felony or if convicted of a felony under the law of any state or of…

25-3701. In-state residence change; vote in former residence, when. For the purposes of this act, a "former precinct resident" shall mean a person who is otherwise a qualified elector of the state of Kansas, who has removed from the precinct of his former residence in this state …

25-3702. Affidavit to obtain ballot to vote at precinct of former residence; notice to reregister, voter registration materials. Any such former precinct resident offering to vote in the precinct of such person's former residence, before receiving a ballot shall make an affidavit…

25-3703. Challenges hereunder. The votes of such former residents shall be subject to challenge for cause to the same extent, and any such challenges shall be determined in the same manner, as provided by law with respect to votes of resident electors. History: L. 1972, ch. 143, …

25-3705. Poll book entries; returns to county election officers. Election boards receiving ballots of such former precinct resident voters shall record the names of such voters in the poll books, with the notation "former resident." They shall forward to the county election offic…

25-3706. Copies of papers to county election officer of county of present residence; file and index. The county election officer shall send promptly a copy of each affidavit or application for advance voting ballot, received from a former resident voter, to the county election of…

25-3801. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen; eligibility for office or candidacy; filling vacancies; contact information. (a) At each primary election, the members of the party residing in each precinct in each county of the state shall elect a man from such members as prec…

25-3807. Terms of committee officers. All committee officers elected under this act shall serve for two (2) years and until their successors are elected. History: L. 1972, ch. 129, § 7; July 1.

25-3808. Powers and duties of committees and officers; filling officer vacancies. Each committee provided for in this act, and its officers, shall have the powers usually exercised by such committees and by the officers thereof, insofar as is consistent with this act. The various…

25-3809. Application of 25-3801 to 25-3808. The provisions of K.S.A. 25-3801 to 25-3808, inclusive, shall apply only to political parties authorized by law to nominate candidates by primary election. History: L. 1972, ch. 129, § 9; July 1.

25-3901. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in article 25 of chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated shall have the meaning therein ascribed thereto, to the extent that the same are not in conflict with the followi…

25-3902. Procedure for filling vacancy in district office other than judge of district court; district convention; appointment by governor. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 25-312a, and amendments thereto, when a district convention is provided by law to be held to elect a person…

25-3902a. Procedure for filling vacancy in state board of education; district convention; appointment by governor. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of member of the state board of education, the county chairperson designated in subsection (b), (c) or (d), within 21 days of…

25-3903. Vacancies in state legislature or state board of education; how filled. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of state representative or state senator such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor of the person elected to be so appointed by a district con…

25-3903a. Filling vacancy in district office caused by resignation effective 10 or more days after filing of notice. When a written resignation from a district office as defined in K.S.A. 25-3901, and amendments thereto, has been filed with the secretary of state or other officer…

25-3904. Procedure for filling vacancy in candidacy for district office; district convention; certificate to secretary of state or county election officer. (a) When a district convention is provided by law to be held to elect a person to fill a vacancy in a party candidacy for a …

25-3904a. Procedure for filling vacancy in candidacy for state board of education; district convention; certificate to secretary of state. (a) When a vacancy occurs in a party candidacy for the office of member of the state board of education, the county chairperson designated in…

25-3905. Vacancies after primary election filled by party committee or district convention; governor and lieutenant governor vacancies filled by state party delegate convention; procedures required after person selected to fill vacancy. (a) When a vacancy occurs after a primary e…

25-3906. Vacancies in candidacies occurring after filing deadline and prior to primary; how filled; when applicable to vacancy in office. (a) When a vacancy in a party candidacy for any national, state, district or county elective office occurs under the circumstances specified i…

25-3907. When act not to apply. The provisions of this act shall not apply to city, school district or community junior college elections, nor to the election of township officers, nor to elections upon the question of retaining a justice of the supreme court. History: L. 1972, c…

25-3908. Notice to secretary of state of filling of vacancies. Whenever vacancies for candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are filled under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 25-3905, as amended, or under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 25-3906, as amended, the convention chairman shal…

25-4001. Terms of certain state officers. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance shall be elected for terms of four (4) years, to begin on the second Monday of January next after their election, and u…

25-4002. Application of election laws. Except as otherwise provided in this act, election laws applicable to other state officers elected from the state as a whole shall apply to the nomination and election of the governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney …