Chapter 25 — ELECTIONS

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 …

25-4003. Governor and lieutenant governor; nomination and election jointly. The candidates for governor and lieutenant governor shall be nominated and elected jointly as provided in this act. History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 3; July 1. Revisor's Note: For sections included in this ac…

25-4004. Governor and lieutenant governor; filing of nomination petitions or declaration of intention to become candidates; deadline for filing. The provisions of K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. The names …

25-4005. Offices of governor and lieutenant governor; nomination petitions; form; requirements; number of signers; duties of petition circulators. (a) The nomination petitions described in K.S.A. 25-4004, and amendments thereto, shall be in substantially the following form: I, th…

25-4006. Governor and lieutenant governor; declaration; fee. The provisions of K.S.A. 25-206, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. When candidates for governor and lieutenant governor in lieu of nomination petitions shall fil…

25-4007. Office of state auditor abolished, when. The office of auditor of state is hereby abolished on January 13, 1975. History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 29; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings R…

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25-4101. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 1; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. This and following sections analyzed; intentional failure of candidate to remit contributions to treasurer did not constitute fraudulent campaign finance reporting. State v. Doy…

25-4102. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 1; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Applied in construing K.S.A. 46-143; "candidate" and "member elect" distinguished. Rogers v. Shanahan, 221 Kan. 221, 224, 565 P.2d 1384. 2. Subsection (d)…

25-4103. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 2; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Campaign finance act construed; dismissal of charge of fraudulent campaign finance reporting affirmed. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previo…

25-4104. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 4; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. 2. Definition of "political committee" held not unconstitutionally vague. Parcell v.…

25-4105. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 110, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 110, § 5; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previous | Next…

25-4106. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 6; L. 1979, ch. 111, § 7; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Poli…

25-4107. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 4; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Poli…

25-4108. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 5; L. 1979, ch. 111, § 1; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Campaign finance act construed; treasurer has legal duty to file reports; failure of candidate to remit contributions to treasurer …

25-4109. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 193, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 111, § 8; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF S…

25-4110. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 8; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in construing K.S.A. 22-3415 as conferring power on attorney general and district and county attorneys to grant immunity for testimony before an ad…

25-4111. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 9; L. 1979, ch. 111, § 2; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. 2. Governmental ethics commission, th…

25-4111a. History: L. 1979, ch. 110, § 2; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; 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…

25-4112. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 12; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 14; L. 1976, ch. 193, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 181, § 16; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR O…

25-4113. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 13; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC…

25-4114. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 14; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 15; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 193, § 3; April 12. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived…

25-4115. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 15; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; 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…

25-4116. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 16; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; 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…

25-4117. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 17; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 16; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived …

25-4118. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 18; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; 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…

25-4119. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 19; L. 1974, ch. 167, § 1; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 272, § 25; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

25-4119a. Kansas public disclosure commission; membership; terms; meetings; compensation and allowance, staff; fees; rules and regulations; annual report. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas public disclosure commission. (b) On and after July 1, 2025, the Kansas governmental e…

25-4119b. Transfer of powers, duties and functions; former opinions. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas governmental ethics commission are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the Kansas public disclosure commission created by K.S.A. 25-4119…

25-4119c. History: L. 1979, ch. 112, § 2; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; 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…

25-4119d. Membership on commission; qualifications for. (a) From and after the effective date of this act, no person shall be appointed to membership on the commission who has held the office of chairperson, vice chairperson or treasurer of any county, district or state political…

25-4119e. Kansas public disclosure commission fee fund; expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Kansas public disclosure commission fee fund. All moneys credited to such fund shall be used for the operations of the commission in the performance of …

25-4119f. Candidate filing fees for support of commission; credit to Kansas public disclosure commission fee fund. (a) In addition to any other fee required by law, every person becoming a candidate for the following offices shall pay a fee at the time of filing for such office i…

25-4119g. Statement of fair campaign practices; preparation; mailing to candidates. The commission shall prepare a statement of fair campaign practices to assist candidates in the proper conduct of election campaigns. A copy of such statement shall be mailed by the commission to …

25-4119h. Application of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the Kansas code of civil procedure and the Kansas judicial review act to actions of the commission; limitations; waiver of any civil or legal rights of respondent prohibited; rules and regulations to provide standa…

25-4120. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 20; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance zct. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. 2. Governmental ethics commission, the majority of which is appointed by legislator…

25-4121. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 21; L. 1975, ch. 209, § 17; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing campaign finance act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Po…

25-4124. History: L. 1974, ch. 166, § 24; Repealed, L. 1981, ch. 171, § 51; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Referred to in construing Campaign Finance Act. State v. Doyen, 224 Kan. 482, 580 P.2d 1351. 2. Scope of discovery and relevancy as broad for depositions hereunder as in civil …