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AN ACT relating to elections; concerning
eligibility for voting at primary
10 elections; amending
K.S.A. 25-205, 25-210, 25-211, 25-212, 25-213a,
11 25-216 and 25-1310 and
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 25-213, 25-1122d and
12 25-3301 and repealing
the existing sections.
13
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section 1. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 25-3301 is hereby amended to read as
16 follows: 25-3301. (a) Each registered voter
of this state who has declared
17 a party affiliation as provided in
this section or in K.S.A. 25-3304, and
18 amendments thereto, shall
be entitled to vote at every partisan primary
19 election for one candidate for each
office, except the offices of precinct
20 committeeman and committeewoman,
regardless of such voter's political
21 affiliation or the political affiliation
or political party of the candidate.
22 Only registered voters of this state who
have declared a party affiliation
23 as provided in this section or in K.S.A.
25-3304, and amendments thereto,
24 shall be entitled to vote for candidates
for the offices of precinct commit-
25 teeman and committeewoman for the party
with which the voter is affil-
26 iated.
27 (b) The county election
officer shall prepare for each voting place at
28 each partisan primary election a party
affiliation list, duly certified by such
29 officer, which clearly indicates the party
affiliation of each registered voter
30 in the voting area who has declared a party
affiliation. The registration
31 book prepared for a voting place pursuant
to K.S.A. 25-2318, and amend-
32 ments thereto, may be used as such list,
but no registration book prepared
33 for use at a voting place in an election
other than a partisan primary
34 election or an election held at the same
time as a partisan primary election
35 shall indicate in any manner the party
affiliation of any voter. Such list
36 shall be delivered by the supervising judge
to the voting place before the
37 opening of the polls.
38 (c) The party
affiliation list provided for by subsection (b) shall be
39 used to determine the party affiliation of
a voter offering to vote for the
40 offices of precinct committeeman and
committeewoman at a partisan pri-
41 mary election and of a voter applying for
an advance voting ballot pursuant
42 to K.S.A. 25-1122, and amendments thereto
for the purpose of voting at
43 such primary. If a voter's party
affiliation is not indicated on the party
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1 affiliation list, such voter shall
state the voter's party affiliation in writing
2 on a form prescribed by the secretary
of state. A judge at the precinct
3 polling place, or the county election
officer or such officer's designee,
4 shall give such voter a primary
ballot for the offices of precinct commit-
5 teeman and committeewoman of the
party of the voter's party affiliation,
6 and such person thereupon shall be
entitled to vote. Such a statement of
7 party affiliation shall constitute a
declaration of party affiliation, and all
8 such signed statements shall be
returned to the county election officer,
9 who shall cause them to be recorded
on the party affiliation list.
10 (d) No voter shall be
allowed to receive the ballot for the offices of
11 precinct committeeman and
committeewoman of any political party except
12 that with which such voter is
affiliated.
13 (e) Party affiliation
statements shall be preserved for five years. The
14 county election officer may dispose of the
statements in the manner ap-
15 proved for destruction of ballots as
provided in K.S.A. 25-2708, and
16 amendments thereto.
17 (f) The county election
officer shall update party affiliation lists as
18 provided by rules and regulations of the
secretary of state.
19 Sec. 2. K.S.A.
25-205 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-205.
20 (a) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (h)Subject to the require-
21 ments of K.S.A. 25-202, and amendments
thereto, the names of candidates
22 for national, state, county and township
offices shall be printed upon the
23 official primary ballot when each shall
have qualified to become a can-
24 didate by one of the following methods and
none other: (1) They shall
25 have had filed in their behalf, not later
than 12:00 noon, June 10, prior
26 to such primary election, or if such date
falls on Saturday, Sunday or a
27 holiday, then before 12:00 noon of the next
following day that is not a
28 Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, nomination
petitions, as provided for in
29 this act; or (2) they shall have filed not
later than the time for filing
30 nomination petitions, as above provided,
with the proper officer a dec-
31 laration of intention to become a
candidate, accompanied by the fee re-
32 quired by law. Such declaration shall be
prescribed by the secretary of
33 state.
34 (b) Nomination petitions
shall be in substantially the following form:
35 I, the undersigned, an
elector of the county of ________, and state of Kansas, and
36 a duly registered voter, and a member of
______ party, hereby nominate
,
37 who resides in the township of
________ (or at number ________ on ________
38 street, city of ________), in the county of
________ and state of Kansas, as a
39 candidate for the office of (here specify
the office) ________, to be voted for at the
40 primary election to be held on the first
Tuesday in August in ________, as representing
41 the principles of such party; and I further
declare that I intend to support the candidate
42 herein named and that I have not signed and
will not sign any nomination petition for any
43 other person, for such office at such
primary election.
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1
(HEADING)
2
Name of
Street Number
Name of
Date of
3
Signers.
or Rural Route
City.
Signing.
4
(as registered).
5 All nomination
petitions shall have substantially the foregoing form,
6 written or printed at the top
thereof. No signature shall be counted unless
7 it is upon a sheet having such
written or printed form at the top thereof.
8 (c) Each signer of
a nomination petition shall sign but one such pe-
9 tition for the same office, and shall
declare that such person intends to
10 support the candidate therein named, and
shall add to such person's sig-
11 nature and residence, if in a city, by
street and number (if any); or, oth-
12 erwise by post-office address. No signature
shall be counted unless the
13 place of residence of the signer is clearly
indicated and the date of signing
14 given as herein required and if ditto marks
are used to indicate address
15 they shall be continuous and clearly made.
Such sheets shall not be cut
16 or pasted together.
17 (d) All signers of each
separate nomination petition shall reside in the
18 same county and election district of the
office sought. The affidavit de-
19 scribed in this paragraph of a qualified
elector who resides in such county
20 and election district or of the candidate
shall be appended to each petition
21 and shall contain, at the end of each set
of documents carried by each
22 circulator, a verification, signed by the
circulator or the candidate, to the
23 effect that such circulator or the
candidate personally witnessed the sign-
24 ing of the petition by each person whose
name appears thereon. The
25 person making such affidavit shall be duly
registered to vote.
26 (e) Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (g), Nomination pe-
27 titions shall be signed:
28 (1) If for a state
officer elected on a statewide basis or for the office
29 of United States senator, by voters equal
in number to not less than 1%
30 of the total of the current voter
registration of the party designated in the
31 state as compiled by the office of the
secretary of state;
32 (2) If for a state or
national officer elected on less than a statewide
33 basis, by voters equal in number to not
less than 2% of the total of the
34 current voter registration of the party
designated in such district as com-
35 piled by the office of the secretary of
state, except that for the office of
36 district magistrate judge, by not less than
2% of the total of the current
37 voter registration of the party designated
in the county in which such
38 office is to be filled as certified to the
secretary of state in accordance
39 with K.S.A. 25-3302, and amendments
thereto;
40 (3) If for a county
office, by voters equal in number to not less than
41 3% of the total of the current voter
registration of the party designated
42 in such district or county as compiled by
the county election officer and
43 certified to the secretary of state in
accordance with K.S.A. 25-3302, and
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1 amendments thereto; and
2 (4) If for a
township office, by voters equal in number to not less than
3 3% of the total of the current voter
registration of the party designated
4 in such township as compiled by the
county election officer and certified
5 to the secretary of state in
accordance with K.S.A. 25-3302, and amend-
6 ments thereto.
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(f) Subject to the requirements of K.S.A. 25-202, and
amendments
8 thereto, any political
organization filing nomination petitions for a major-
9 ity of the state or county
offices, as provided in this act, shall have a
10 separate primary election ballot as
a political party and, upon receipt of
11 such nomination petitions, the
respective officers shall prepare a separate
12 state and county ballot for such
new party in their respective counties or
13 districts thereof in the same
manner as is provided for existing parties.
14 (g) (1) In
the year 1992, if new boundary lines are defined and
dis-
15 tricts established in the manner
prescribed by law on or after the effective
16 date of this act and on or before
May 10, 1992, for the offices of repre-
17 sentative in the United States
congress, senator and representative in the
18 legislature of the state of Kansas,
and member of the state board of ed-
19 ucation, nomination petitions for
nomination to such offices shall be
20 signed by voters equal in number to
not less than 1% of the total of the
21 current voter registration of the
party designated in the district as com-
22 piled by the office of the
secretary of state.
23 (2) In the year
1992, if new boundary lines are defined and districts
24 established in the manner
prescribed by law on or after May 11, 1992,
25 nomination petitions for nomination
to the following offices shall be
26 signed by registered voters of the
party designated in the district equal
27 in number to not less than the
following:
28 (A) For the
office of representative
29 in the United States
congress 1,000 registered voters;
30 (B) for the
office of member of the
31 state board of
education 300 registered voters;
32 (C) for the
office of state
33 senator 75 registered
voters; and
34 (D) for the
office of state
35 representative 25
registered voters.
36 (h) (1) In
the year 1992, if new boundary lines are defined and
dis-
37 tricts established in the manner
prescribed by law for the offices of rep-
38 resentative in the United States
congress, senator and representative in
39 the legislature of the state of
Kansas, and member of the state board of
40 education, on or before June 12,
1992, the deadline for filing nomination
41 petitions and declarations of
intention to become a candidate for such
42 office, accompanied by the fee
required by law, shall be June 24, 1992.
43 (2) In the year
1992, if new boundary lines are defined and districts
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1 established in the manner
prescribed by law for the offices of represen-
2 tative in the United States
congress, senator and representative in the
3 legislature of the state of
Kansas, and member of the state board of ed-
4 ucation, on or after June 13,
1992, the deadline for filing nomination
5 petitions and declarations of
intention to become a candidate for such
6 office, accompanied by the
fee required by law, shall be July 14, 1992.
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Sec. 3. K.S.A. 25-210 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 25-210.
8 The official primary election ballot
for national and state offices and, the
9 official primary election ballot for
county and township offices and the
10 official election ballots for precinct
committeeman and committeewoman
11 of each political party shall be arranged
on the ballot, printed, voted, and
12 canvassed in the same manner as is now or
hereafter provided by law for
13 the arrangement, printing, voting, and
canvassing of official general bal-
14 lots for national and state offices and
official general ballots for county
15 and township offices, except as otherwise
provided by law.
16 Sec. 4. K.S.A.
25-211 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-211.
17 The county election officer shall, at least
two (2) weeks before the primary
18 election, mail to each person whose name is
to appear on the official
19 ballot in such county, to the address given
in such papers, a copy of the
20 first issue of the county paper containing
the names and addresses of
21 those whose names will be printed on the
national, state, county and
22 township primary election ballots. The
chairmanchairperson of each
23 party shall, on or before the eleventh day
preceding such primary election,
24 suggest to the county election officer any
changes that hesuch chairper-
25 son may consider should be made in
the ballot applicable to his party,
26 and if upon examination the county election
officer shall find any error
27 or omission in saidthe ballot, hesuch chairperson
shall correct the ballot
28 and cause the same to be printed and
distributed as required by law in
29 the case of ballots for the national,
state, county and township general
30 election. The number of ballots of
each party to be furnished to each
31 precinct shall be adequate in the opinion
of the county election officer.
32 Sec. 5. K.S.A.
25-212 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-212.
33 (a) Names of the candidates of each
political party shall be arranged in a
34 separate column on the official primary
election ballot.
35 (b) In case there
are nomination petitions or declarations of intention
36 to become a candidate on file for more than
one candidate or for more
37 than one pair of candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor, of the
38 same party for any national or state
office, the secretary of state shall
39 divide the state or appropriate part
thereof, into as many divisions as there
40 are names to go on such party ballot for
that office. Such divisions shall
41 be as nearly equal in number of members of
such party as is convenient
42 without dividing any one county. In making
such division the secretary of
43 state shall take the alphabetical list of
counties in regular order until the
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1 secretary of state gets the required
proportion of party members of such
2 party based upon the party
affiliation lists as shown by the certificates of
3 the respective county election
officers, and so on through the list of coun-
4 ties until the secretary of state
gets the proper proportion of party mem-
5 bers in each division. The secretary
of state shall also take the alphabetical
6 list of candidates or pairs of
candidates, of the same political party, in
7 regular order and in certifying to
the county election officer the list of
8 names for whom nomination petitions
or declarations of intent to become
9 a candidate have been filed, shall
place one name or pair of candidates
10 at the head of the list, for the
political party, in the first division of coun-
11 ties, another in the second division, and
so on with all the candidates for
12 any particular office, so that every
candidate or pair of candidates for any
13 office shall be at the head of the list in
one division of the state and second
14 in another division thereof, and so forth.
When, in the case of candidates,
15 of the same political party, for the
office of congressman, district judge,
16 district magistrate judge, state senator,
state representative or state board
17 of education member, the secretary of state
finds that the secretary of
18 state cannot get a fair proportion of party
members to give each candidate
19 for congressman, district judge, district
magistrate judge, state senator,
20 state representative or state board of
education member in any given
21 district an equitable or fair opportunity
to have the candidate's name first
22 on the ballot in the respective counties of
the district, the secretary of
23 state shall order the county election
officers in the various counties of the
24 district to rotate the names of the
candidates for such district offices
25 according to precinct. If voting machines
are used the arrangement of
26 names of candidates or pair of candidates
for all offices on the voting
27 machines shall be rotated, as near as may
be, according to precinct.
28 (c) The
arrangement of the names certified by the secretary of state
29 shall govern the county election officer in
arranging the primary election
30 ballot, and the county election officer in
preparing the ballot for such
31 officer's county shall follow the same
arrangement as provided in this
32 section for the secretary of state, for the
candidates nominated for county
33 offices, using the township and precincts
of the county in making the
34 division.
35 Sec. 6. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 25-213 is hereby amended to read as fol-
36 lows: 25-213. (a) At all national
and state primary elections, the national
37 and state offices as specified for each in
this section shall be printed upon
38 the official primary election ballot for
national and state offices and the
39 county and township offices as specified
for each in this section shall be
40 printed upon the official primary election
ballot for county and township
41 offices. The official primary election
ballots shall have the following head-
42 ing:
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OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
2
________ Party
3 To vote
for a person whose name is printed on the ballot make a cross or
check
4 mark in the
square at the left of the person's name. To vote for a person whose
name
5 is not printed
on the ballot, write the person's name in the blank space, if any
is
6 provided, and
make a cross or check mark in the square to the left.
7 The words national and
state or the words county and township shall
8 appear on the line preceding the part
of the form shown above.
9 The form shown shall be
followed by the names of the persons for
10 whom nomination petitions or declarations
have been filed according to
11 law for political parties having primary
elections, and. Names of the can-
12 didates of each political party shall be
arranged in a separate column
13 following a heading stating the name of
the party. Names of candidates
14 for the national and state offices shall
appear on the ballot in the following
15 order: United States senator, United States
representative from
16 district, governor and lieutenant governor,
secretary of state, attorney
17 general, state treasurer, commissioner of
insurance, senator ____ dis-
18 trict, representative ____ district,
district judge ____ district, district
19 magistrate judge ____ district,
district attorney ____ judicial district,
20 and member state board of education
____ district. For county and
21 township offices the form shall be followed
by the names of persons for
22 whom nomination petitions or declarations
have been filed according to
23 law for political parties having primary
elections. Names of candidates for
24 the county and township offices shall
appear on the ballot in the following
25 order: commissioner ____ district,
county clerk, treasurer, register of
26 deeds, county attorney, sheriff, surveyor,
township trustee, township
27 treasurer, township clerk. When any office
is not to be elected, it shall be
28 omitted from the ballot. Other offices to
be elected but not listed, shall
29 be inserted in the proper places. For each
office there shall be a statement
30 of the number to vote for.
31 To the left of each name
there shall be printed a square. Official pri-
32 mary election ballots may be
printed in one or more columns. The names
33 certified by the secretary of state or
county election officer shall be
34 printed on official primary election
ballots and no others. In case there
35 are no nomination petitions or declarations
on file for any particular of-
36 fice, the title to the office shall be
printed on the ballot followed by a
37 blank line with a square, and such title,
followed by a blank line, may be
38 printed in the list of candidates published
in the official paper. No blank
39 line shall be printed following any office
where there are nomination
40 petitions or declarations on file for the
office except following the offices
41 of precinct committeeman and
precinct committeewoman. Except as oth-
42 erwise provided in this section, no
person's name shall be printed more
43 than once on either the official primary
election ballot for national and
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1 state offices or the official primary
election ballot for county and township
2 offices. No name that is printed on
the official primary election ballot as
3 a candidate of a political party
shall be printed or written in as a candidate
4 for any office on the official
primary election ballot of any other political
5 party. If a person is a candidate for
the unexpired term for an office, the
6 person's name may be printed on the
same ballot as a candidate for the
7 next regular term for such office.
The name of any candidate on the ballot
8 may be printed on the same
ballot as such candidate and also as a can-
9 didate for precinct
committeeman or committeewoman. No name that is
10 printed on the official primary election
ballot for national and state offices
11 shall be printed or written in elsewhere on
such ballot or on the official
12 primary election ballot for county and
township offices except for precinct
13 committeeman or
committeewoman. No name that is printed on the of-
14 ficial primary election ballot for county
and township offices shall be
15 printed or written in on the official
primary election ballot for national
16 and state offices or elsewhere on such
county and township ballot except
17 for precinct committeeman or
committeewoman.
18 No person shall be
elected to the office of precinct committeeman or
19 precinct committeewoman where no
nomination petitions or declarations
20 have been filed, unless the person
receives at least five write-in votes. As
21 a result of a primary election, no person
shall receive the nomination and
22 no person's name shall be printed on the
official general election ballot
23 when no nomination petitions or
declarations were filed, unless the per-
24 son receives votes equal in number to not
less than 10% of the electors
25 who voted for the office of secretary of
state at the last preceding general
26 election for such office in the state,
county or district in which the office
27 is sought, except that a candidate for
township office may receive the
28 nomination and have such person's name
printed on the ballot where no
29 nomination petitions or declarations have
been filed if such candidate
30 receives three or more write-in votes. No
such person shall be required
31 to obtain more than 5,000 votes.
32 (b) The official
election ballots for precinct committeemen and com-
33 mitteewomen shall be in the following
form:
34
OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT
35
Precinct Committeemen and Precinct
Committeewomen
36
________ Party
37 To vote for a
person whose name is printed on the ballot make a cross or
check
38 mark in the square
at the left of the person's name. To vote for a person whose
name
39 is not printed on
the ballot, write the person's name in the blank space provided
and
40 make a cross or
check mark in the square to the left.
41 The form shown shall be
followed by the names of the persons for whom
42 nomination petitions or declarations
have been filed according to law for
43 political parties having primary
elections. Except as otherwise herein pro-
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1 vided or otherwise provided by law
the form of such ballots and the ar-
2 rangement of names thereon shall
be in the form and manner prescribed
3 by the secretary of state.
4 No person shall be
elected to the office of precinct committeeman or
5 precinct committeewoman where no
nomination petitions or declarations
6 have been filed, unless the person
receives at least five write-in votes.
7
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 25-213a is hereby amended to read as
follows: 25-
8 213a. Notwithstanding any provision
of K.S.A. 25-213 and amendments
9 thereto,
;(tri-stars)erethe following statement
shall be printed upon the official
10 primary election ballots
;(tri-stars)e following heading (in lieu of the
heading
11 otherwise provided by law)
when the governor and lieutenant governor
12 are to be nominated:
13
OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
14
________ Party
15 ``To vote for persons for
governor and lieutenant governor whose names are printed on
16 the ballot make a cross or check mark in
the square to the left of the names of the persons
17 running together for such offices.
18 ``To vote for a person
(except governor and lieutenant governor) whose name is printed
19 on the ballot make a cross or check mark in
the square to the left of the name of the person
20 for whom you desire to vote. To vote for a
person whose name is not printed on the ballot,
21 write such person's name in the blank space
provided for the purpose and make a cross or
22 check mark in the square to the left.''
23 After the names of each
office, there shall be a statement of the number
24 of candidates to vote for, for the
particular office, and for one pair of
25 governor and lieutenant governor candidates
running together. When the
26 governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, attorney general, state
27 treasurer and commissioner of insurance are
not to be nominated, no
28 reference to those offices shall appear on
the ballot.
29 To the left of governor and
lieutenant governor running together, one
30 square shall be printed to the left of the
names of each pair running
31 together. No blank lines shall be printed
following the offices of governor
32 and lieutenant governor.
33 Sec. 8. K.S.A.
25-216 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-216.
34 The right of any person to vote at any
national, state, county and township
35 primary election may be challenged by any
elector upon the same ground
36 and hissuch
person's right to vote be determined in the same manner as
37 at a national, state, county and township
general election, except as oth-
38 erwise provided
herein.
39 If the person
offering his vote be challenged as unqualified on the
40 ground that he is not a member of
the party announced by himself, he
41 shall make and subscribe an
affidavit in the following form, which shall
42 be presented to and retained by the
election board, and returned by the
43 supervising judge with the poll
list:
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1 STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF
________, ss.
2 I, ________, do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am more than eighteen years
of
3 age and am qualified to vote
under and by virtue of the constitution and the laws of
the
4 state of Kansas, and I am an
elector of this precinct and election district; that I now
reside
5 at ________ (insert
street and number, if any) in this precinct, and am a member
of
6 and am affiliated with the
________ party; that I have not signed the petition of
a
7 member of any other party who
is seeking a nomination at this primary election; and that
I
8 have not signed the
nominating petition of an independent candidate for any office for
which
9 candidates are to be voted
for at this primary election.
10
________________
11 Subscribed and sworn
to before me, this ________ day of ________, A.D.
19__.
12
____________,Judge
of Election.
13 Sec. 9. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 25-1122d is hereby amended to read as
14 follows: 25-1122d. (a) The application for
an advance voting ballot shall
15 be accompanied by an affirmation in
substance as follows:
16 Affirmation of an Elector of
the County of ________ and State of Kansas Desiring
17 to Vote an Advance Voting Ballot
18 State of ________, County of ________,
ss:
19 I,
,
20
(Please print name)
21 do solemnly affirm that I am a qualified
elector of the ______ 'ecinct of the ______
22 ward, residing at number ________ on
________ §(Rx)et, city of ________,
23 or in the township of ________, county of
________, and state of Kansas. I am
24 entitled to vote an advance voting ballot
and I have not voted and will not otherwise vote
25 at the election to be held on
________ (date). My political party is ________ (to
26 be filled in only when requesting
;'imary election ballots for precinct
committeemen and
27 committeewomen). I desire my ballots
to be sent to the following address
28
____________________
29
________________
30
Signature
of voter.
31 Note: False statement on this
affirmation is a class C misdemeanor.
32 (b) An application for
permanent advance voting status shall be on a
33 form prescribed by the secretary of state
for this purpose. Such applica-
34 tion shall contain an affirmation
concerning substantially the same infor-
35 mation required in subsection (a) and in
addition thereto a statement
36 regarding the permanent character of such
illness or disability.
37 (c) Any application by a
former precinct resident shall state both the
38 former and present residence, address,
precinct and county of such for-
39 mer precinct resident and the date of
change of residence.
40 Sec. 10. K.S.A.
25-1310 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
41 1310. A kind or make of voting machine
approved by the secretary of
42 state:
43 (1) Must be so
constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the
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1 candidates for nomination or election
of at least seven different political
2 parties or organizations;
3 (2) must permit a
voter to vote for any person for any office although
4 not nominated as a candidate by any
political party or organization;
5 (3) must provide
for voting on constitutional amendments, proposi-
6 tions or questions;
7 (4) must
be so constructed that as to primaries where candidates
are
8 nominated by political
parties it can be so locked from the outside that
9 the voter can vote only for
the candidates of the political party with which
10 such voter is affiliated or, if not
affiliated, according to such voter's dec-
11 laration when applying to
vote;
12
(5) must be so constructed as to prevent voting for
more than one
13 person for the same office except where the
voter is lawfully entitled to
14 vote for more than one person for that
office;
15 (6)(5) must afford the voter an opportunity to vote for
any or all
16 persons for an office as such voter is by
law entitled to vote for and no
17 more, and at the same time preventing such
voter from voting for the
18 same person twice for the same office;
19 (7)(6) must be so constructed that in presidential
elections the pres-
20 idential electors of any political party
for presidential and vice-presidential
21 candidates may be voted upon at the same
time;
22 (8)(7) must provide facilities for ``write-in'' votes;
23 (9)(8) must provide for voting in absolute secrecy in
voting, except
24 as to persons entitled to assistance;
25 (10)(9) must be so constructed as to accurately account for
every
26 vote cast upon it;
27 (11)(10) be provided with a ``protective counter'' or
``protective de-
28 vice'' whereby any operation of the machine
before or after the election
29 will be detected;
30 (12)(11) be provided with a counter which will show at all
times
31 during the election how many persons have
voted; and
32 (13)(12) be provided with a mechanical model illustrating
the man-
33 ner of voting on the machine, suitable for
the instruction of voters.
34 Voting machines approved by
the state executive council shall continue
35 on the approved list of voting
machines.
36 Sec. 11. K.S.A.
25-205, 25-210, 25-211, 25-212, 25-213a, 25-216 and
37 25-1310 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 25-213,
25-1122d and 25-3301 are hereby
38 repealed.
39 Sec. 12. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
40 publication in the Kansas register.
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