Chapter 25 — ELECTIONS

25-2804a. Poll workers; active military member, spouse or dependent thereof who are citizens of the United States. (a) No county election officer shall disqualify an individual from serving as a poll worker at any election on the basis of residency or registered voter status if s…

25-2805. Filling vacancies. If any judges or clerks shall fail or refuse to appear and serve at the proper time and place, or for any cause are or become disqualified, then the electors present shall promptly notify the county election officer thereof. The county election officer…

25-2806. School for election board judges. The county election officer shall provide instruction for election board judges and clerks before each election. The instruction shall relate to all matters which in the opinion of the county election officer require additional knowledge…

25-2807. Oath of judges and clerks. (a) Before commencing duties as a judge or clerk, every person shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation provided for herein. Such oath or affirmation may be administered by the county election officer, deputy county election officer or …

25-2808. Election board; number of members; two-member boards, restrictions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the county election officer shall determine for each election, for each voting place, whether the election board thereof will have three members or som…

25-2809. History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 17; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 193, § 7; July 1.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 …

25-2810. Control of voting places; procedure in counting ballots; no ballots counted from ballot boxes containing less than 50 ballots; opening and closing polls; certification of election results. (a) Each election board shall have control of its voting place and election proced…

25-2811. Judges and clerks, compensation. Judges and clerks of election shall receive the following fees and no more: (a) Each judge and clerk of election where voting machines are not in use shall receive as compensation an amount to be fixed by resolution of the board of county…

25-2812. Election boards at certain facilities; procedure; definitions. (a) Not less than 60 days before any election, the county election officer may contact the administrator or operator at each nursing facility, assisted living facility and hospital-based long-term care unit t…

25-2901. Occupation of voting booths, time limit; voting marks. When a voter receives a ballot, or set of ballots, such voter shall go promptly and directly to one of the voting booths and mark the ballots therein. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a booth already occupied by a…

25-2902. Unlawful marking or mutilation of ballots; providing new or replacement ballot; notice. (a) It shall be unlawful to make any mark upon a ballot except a cross or check mark in a voting square opposite the name of a person for whom the voter desires to vote. It shall be u…

25-2903. Voting for write-in candidates; procedure. Except as otherwise provided by law, if a voter desires to vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, the voter shall write the name of such person in the blank space, if any is provided, under the appropriate title of t…

25-2904. Marking question submitted ballots. Except as otherwise provided by law, ballots on constitutional amendments or other questions submitted shall be marked by the voter by making a cross or check mark in the square to the left of either "yes" or "no." History: L. 1968, ch…

25-2905. Folding of ballots; clipping and deposit of ballots; application of section. (a) If not already folded, the election board shall fold each ballot before handing the same to a voter. If more than one ballot is to be handed to a voter, the ballots in the set shall be folde…

25-2906. Deposit or count of unlawful ballots prohibited; marking objected to ballots. (a) No ballots other than those provided and printed in accordance with law shall be delivered to a voter, deposited in a ballot box or counted. (b) Ballots that are counted (notwithstanding ob…

25-2907. Removal of ballots from voting place prohibited. No person shall take or remove any ballot from a voting place except the supervising judge. Any voter who, after receiving a ballot or set of ballots, decides not to vote one or more of such ballots, shall, before leaving …

25-2908. Use of registration book and poll book or registration book at polling place; election board members, duties; name of voter not in book; rules and regulations; valid forms of voter identification; provisional ballots; identification requirements; exempt persons. (a) Each…

25-2909. Voting by persons requiring assistance; disability, definition of. (a) Any voter unable to mark such person's ballot by reason of temporary illness, disability or lack of proficiency in reading the English language or any voter 65 or more years of age may request assista…

25-2910. History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 24; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 214, § 3; 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 …

25-2911. Memorandum on poll book of assistance to voters. Clerks of elections shall enter upon the poll books the name of any elector who receives assistance pursuant to K.S.A. 25-2909, together with a memorandum of the fact that such assistance was rendered and the names of the …

25-2912. Paper ballot with distinctive watermark required; voting system requirements; certain poll books prohibited; rules and regulations. (a) (1) (A) All voting systems used for elections in this state held on or after January 1, 2024, shall require the use of an individual, d…

25-3001. Reading, counting and recording votes; entries and totals on tally sheets. Election boards shall make the original canvass according to the following procedure: (a) A ballot box shall be opened and a judge designated by the supervising judge shall take the ballots out of…

25-3002. Rules for canvassers; validity and counting of ballots or parts thereof. (a) The rules prescribed in this section shall apply to: (1) The original canvass by election boards. (2) Intermediate and final canvasses by county boards of canvassers. (3) Final canvass by the st…

25-3003. Stringing or other preservation of ballots. (a) After the vote upon a ballot has been announced, the ballot shall be preserved according to one of the following methods: (1) String the ballots closely upon a flexible wire or cord and unite or tie securely the ends of suc…

25-3004. Exhibition of ballots to authorized poll agent during original canvass. During the original canvass by election boards, the judge announcing the vote on any ballot shall, upon request of any authorized poll agent, exhibit such ballot fully opened in a condition that such…

25-3005. Observation of original, intermediate and final canvasses of elections, casting of ballots, recounts and audits by authorized poll agents; rules and regulations of secretary of state. At all elections authorized poll agents shall be allowed to be present and observe the …

25-3005a. Authorized poll agent; definition; qualifications; appointment; identification; application of section. (a) As used in this act "authorized poll agent" means any one of the following persons: (1) Chairperson of county party committee; (2) chairpersons of committees conc…

25-3006. Abstracts of original canvass; alternative procedures for voting machines. (a) When the election board completes its canvass, it shall make three abstracts of the vote cast for all candidates whose names are printed on the ballot, all write-in votes cast and all votes ca…

25-3007. Return of election materials by supervising judge. When the canvass of an election board has been completed, the supervising judge shall return to the county election officer the following: (a) All election supplies. (b) All valid ballots. (c) All ballots not used and al…

25-3008. Packing and separation of ballots and materials; appointment of write-in board, when. Before leaving the voting place the supervising judge shall ascertain that the election supplies and ballots that are to be returned have been packaged, packed and separated as provided…

25-3009. Postelection audit of votes cast; procedure; bipartisan board; selection of board members and of races for audit; notice; reports; use of results; additional audits; official abstracts made available, when; rules and regulations. (a) After an election and prior to the me…

25-3010. Postelection year audit of certain counties; method of selection of counties; rules and regulations. (a) In the calendar year following the general election of an even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall conduct in four counties an audit of the procedures used fo…

25-3101. Enumeration of elections to be canvassed by county board. The board of county commissioners of each county shall be the board of canvassers for elections occurring within the county. Such board of canvassers shall canvass the following elections: (a) Both primary and gen…

25-3102. Filling vacancies on county board of canvassers; deputy county election officer's authority. In the event that a member of the county board of canvassers shall die, be absent, or from any casualty be prevented from serving on such board, the remaining members of the coun…

25-3103. Final and intermediate canvasses by county board. (a) The county board of canvassers shall make the final canvass of election returns of every county, township, city and school election whether the same is an election of officers or a question submitted election. (b) The…

25-3104. Time of canvass of elections by county board; notice; publication. The original canvass of every election shall be performed by the election boards at the voting places. The county election officer shall present the original returns, together with the ballots, books and …

25-3105. Place of canvass of the elections by county board. Meetings of the county board of canvassers shall be held in the office of the county election officer unless a different place is agreed upon by the county board of canvassers and the county election officer and publicly…

25-3106. Preliminary abstracts, preparation by county election officer. When returns of any election are received by the county election officer, he shall make a preliminary inspection of the abstracts and other records returned. The county election officer shall prepare a combin…

25-3107. Procedure for canvass by county board; recount, when; recount procedure; payment of costs; rules and regulations. (a) At the time of commencement of any canvass by the county board of canvassers the county election officer shall present to the county board of canvassers …

25-3108. Tie votes in elections of local officers. (a) In any election for which the county 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. Reasona…

25-3109. Abstracts of county board of canvassers. (a) In every final canvass of election returns the county board of canvassers shall make final determination of the results of the election and enter the same in the final abstract of the election returns. Such abstracts shall be …

25-3110. Certificates of nomination and election. When any final canvass of primary election returns has been completed by the county board of canvassers, the county election officer shall prepare and issue a certificate of nomination to each person nominated. When any final canv…

25-3201. State board of canvassers; membership. The governor, secretary of state and attorney general, or such officers' designee, shall constitute the state board of canvassers. Any two of such members may act for such board. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 34; R.S. 1923, 25-707; …

25-3202. Transmittal of intermediate canvass abstracts. Upon completion of any intermediate canvass the abstract, properly certified, shall be promptly transmitted to the secretary of state or such other officer as it is provided by law for the same to be transmitted. Every such …

25-3203. Abstract of intermediate canvass; transmittal to secretary of state; county recount notification requirements. If the secretary of state fails to receive the final abstract of the intermediate canvass of any national or state election from any county by the second Tuesda…

25-3204. Tabulation of abstracts by secretary of state; preservation. The secretary of state, upon the receipt of the abstracts of the votes in national and state primary and general elections shall proceed to open the same, and shall tabulate the vote by counties and districts i…

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, …

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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 …