Chapter 25 — ELECTIONS

25-215. Qualifications of voters at primary elections; registration required. (1) No person shall be entitled to vote at any national, state, county or township primary election unless he or she is a resident of the voting area, a citizen of the United States, at least eighteen (…

25-216. Challenging right to vote; affidavit. The right of any person to vote at any national, state, county and township primary election may be challenged by any elector upon the same ground and his right to vote be determined in the same manner as at a national, state, county …

25-217. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3005. 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 K…

25-218. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3205. 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 K…

25-219. History: L. 1908, ch. 54, § 15; L. 1913; ch. 191, § 1; R.S. 1923, 25-219; Repealed, L. 1968, ch. 406, § 145; April 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section cited in considering vacancies made at primary. Koehler v. Beggs, 121 Kan. 897, 902, 250 P. 268. 2. Nomination of ineligible …

25-220. History: L. 1908, ch. 54, § 16; R.S. 1923, 25-220; L. 1941, ch. 226, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 245, § 1; L. 1966, ch. 5, § 2 (Special Session); L. 1968, ch. 406, § 82; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 131, § 11; March 24. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Vacancies in nominations made at primary filled …

25-221. History: L. 1908, ch. 54, § 17; R.S. 1923, 25-221; L. 1937, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 230, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 201, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 207, § 1; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 129, § 12; July 1. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see chapter 25, article 38. CASE ANNOT…

25-221a. History: L. 1937, ch. 224, § 2; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 129, § 12; July 1. Revisor's Note: Later act, see chapter 25, article 38. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archiv…

25-222. History: R.S. 1923, 25-222; Repealed, L. 2023, ch. 79, § 65; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1908, ch. 54, § 18. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Docume…

25-223. Payment of primary election expenses. All ballots and other supplies to be used at any national, state, county and township primary election, and all expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation for or conducting such primary elections, shall be paid out of the treasu…

25-224. History: L. 1908, ch. 54, § 20; R.S. 1923, 25-224; L. 1965, ch. 241, § 1; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 157, § 27; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Doc…

25-224a. History: L. 1957, ch. 230, § 2; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 157, § 27; 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 …

25-225. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3301. 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 K…

25-226. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3303. 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 K…

25-227. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3304. 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 K…

25-228. History: L. 1927, ch. 203, § 4; Repealed, L. 1937, ch. 225, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Requirements as to declaration of party affiliations as qualification at general election is void. State, ex rel., v. Beggs, 126 Kan. 811, 271 P. 400. 2. Cited in determining val…

25-229. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 25-3305. 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 K…

25-230. History: L. 1943, ch. 156, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 264, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 88; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 131, § 11; March 24. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Sess…

25-301. Nominations by political parties to be designated as party nominations; selection of presidential electors; nomination of governor and lieutenant governor. All nominations made by political parties shall be known and designated as "party nominations," and the certificates…

25-302. Caucus or convention by parties not authorized to participate in primary; person listed on certificate of nomination must sign a notarized declaration accepting nomination. (a) Any recognized political party, except those authorized to participate in a primary election pu…

25-302a. Official recognition of political party; petition for; form, contents, requirements and filing; sufficiency; name of party; petition circulator. Any political party seeking official recognition in this state after the effective date of this act shall file in its behalf, …

25-302b. Recognized political party; loss of recognition. Any recognized political party whose nominee for any office for which the officer is elected from the state as a whole fails to receive at least 1% of the total vote cast for any such office in this state at any general el…

25-302c. Same; listing of affiliated voters. When a political party ceases to be recognized, each county election officer shall list as unaffiliated any registered voters then affiliated with that party. History: L. 1984, ch. 137, § 5; April 5. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDIN…

25-303. Independent nominations; section not applicable to certain elections; number of signers of petition; requirements; validity of petitions, determination. (a) This section shall not apply to city and school elections, nor to election of other officers provided by law to be …

25-304. Certificates of nomination and party certificates of nomination, requirements; party names; presidential electors. (a) All certificates of nomination shall be in writing and contain the name of each person nominated, such person's residence and the office for which such p…

25-305. Deadlines for filing certificates of nomination by convention or caucus and independent nomination petitions; deadlines for filing affidavit of write-in candidacy. (a) Certificates of nomination by convention or caucus for the nomination of candidates for national, state,…

25-305a. History: R.S. 1923, 25-305; L. 1925, ch. 164, § 1; L. 1927, ch. 202, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 92; L. 1972, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 120, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 119, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 100, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 291, § 11; Repealed, L. 1993, ch. 287, § 15; July 1. Previous | Next…

25-305b. History: L. 1992, ch. 291, § 12; Repealed, L. 2023, ch. 79, § 65; 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 …

25-306. Acceptance of multiple nominations prohibited, exceptions; enforcement by secretary of state for state elected offices and county election officers for county and township offices. (a) No person may accept more than one nomination for the same office. (b) (1) If a person …

25-306a. Withdrawal of candidacy; procedure and deadline for withdrawal; omission of name from ballot. Any person who has been nominated to be a candidate at any primary election for any national, state, county or township office may cause such person's name to be withdrawn from …

25-306b. Withdrawal from nomination, when permitted; omission of name from ballot; death of nominee. (a) Except as provided by this section, no person who has been nominated by any means for any national, state, county or township office may be withdrawn from nomination after the…

25-306c. Certificates of nomination; public inspection. Upon the filing thereof, all certificates of nomination shall be open to public inspection. The secretary of state or the county election officer having charge of such certificates shall retain such certificates for at least…

25-306d. Filing fees nonrefundable. No filing fee shall be refunded to any person: (a) Declining a nomination pursuant to K.S.A. 25-306e, and amendments thereto; (b) withdrawing from candidacy pursuant to K.S.A. 25-306a, and amendments thereto; or (c) withdrawing from nomination …

25-306e. Multiple nominations; acceptance of only one nomination. If any person receives two or more nominations for the same office, such person shall file within seven days, including Saturday, Sunday and holidays, after the last nomination is received, a written statement, sig…

25-307. History: L. 1893, ch. 78, § 9; L. 1897, ch. 129, § 9; R.S. 1923, 25-307; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 131, § 11; March 24. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Defect of nomination certificate may be corrected. Rathburn v. Hamilton, 53 Kan. 470, 475, 37 P. 20. 2. Filling of vacancies considered…

25-308. Nominations; validity; filing; objections; proceeding to compel or restrain election officers. (a) Any certificate of nomination, nomination petitions or declaration of intention to become a candidate, filed or issued in apparent conformity with law, shall be deemed to be…

25-308a. History: L. 1893, ch. 78, § 10; L. 1897, ch. 129, § 10; R.S. 1923, 25-308; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 94; L. 1970, ch. 136, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 153, § 27; L. 1978, ch. 135, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 138, § 20; L. 1989, ch. 106, § 7; Repealed, L. 1990, ch. 121, § 3; July 1. Previous | Nex…

25-309. Certification of and placing on ballot of name of person nominated to fill vacancy. When such certificate is filed with the secretary of state, he shall, in certifying nominations to the various county election officers, insert the name of the person thus nominated to fil…

25-310. Placing on original ballot name to fill vacancy. Whenever it may not be practicable to have new ballots printed, it shall be the duty of the county election officer and election boards to place the name so supplied for the vacancy upon each ballot issued before delivering…

25-311. Certification of nominees by secretary of state to county election officers. Not less than twenty (20) days before an election to fill any national or state office, the secretary of state shall certify to the county election officer of each county within which any of the …

25-312. Vacancies in state and county offices, how filled. All vacancies in any elective state or county office, unless otherwise provided for by law, shall be filled by appointment by the governor, until the next general election after such vacancy occurs, when such vacancy shal…

25-312a. Vacancy in office of judge of the district court; how filled. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 20-2903 through 20-2913, and amendments thereto, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the district court, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor…

25-313. Commencement of terms of office. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the regular term of office of all state, district, county, township and municipal officers shall begin on the second Monday in January next after the election, except as otherwise provided by law. …

25-314. Term of office of persons filling vacancies. Any of said officers that may be elected or appointed to fill vacancies may qualify and enter upon the duties of their office immediately thereafter, and when elected they may hold the same during the unexpired term for which t…

25-315. History: R.S. 1923, 25-315; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 246, § 4; February 28. Source or prior law: L. 1861, ch. 28, § 42; G. S. 1868, ch. 36, § 60. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 25-321. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2…

25-316. Revisor's Note: Section transferred to 46-156. 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 Ka…

25-317. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 62; R.S. 1923, 25-317; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 242, § 1; June 30. Source or prior law: L. 1861, ch. 28, § 44. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUT…

25-318. History: L. 1927, ch. 204, § 1; Repealed, L. 2025, ch. 25, § 8; April 10. Cross References to Related Sections: Constitutional provision, see U.S. Constitution, 17th amendment. Attorney General's Opinions: Filling vacancy in office of United States senator; filing deadlin…

25-319. History: L. 1947, ch. 246, § 1; Repealed, L. 1966, ch. 5, § 7 (Special Session); June 10. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Fin…

25-320. History: L. 1947, ch. 246, § 2; L. 1966, ch. 5, § 3 (Special Session); L. 1970, ch. 138, § 3; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 131, § 11; March 24. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTE…