Excerpt From Article 27–Election Places
Current through end of 2021 legislative session; Last amended 2019
25-2701 Designation of areas and voting places; restrictions on changing voting places prior to an election; mailed notice; counting and canvass of ballots in certain precincts having less than 20 registered voters.
25-2702 Omitted: Townships; division into precincts.
25-2702a Omitted: Undivided wards and townships to constitute precincts.
25-2703 Omitted: Voting places; equipping and supplying; voting booths, location, design and storage; privacy of voter.
25-2703a Omitted: School buildings, polling places.
25-2704 Omitted: Ballot boxes; secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations.
25-2705 Omitted: Security of ballot boxes at polls.
25-2706 Omitted: Instructions, books and other materials; printing in foreign languages; responsibilities of county election officers and secretary of state.
25-2707 Omitted: Receipt for and record of election supplies.
25-2708 Omitted: Preservation of ballots and election records; distribution of abstracts of voting.
25-2709 Omitted: Destruction of election records.
25-2710 Omitted: Accessibility for voting places.
25-2711 Placement of political signs during election period.
25-2712 Campaigning for elected office at private residences, not prohibited or subject to regulation.
25-2701. Designation of areas and voting places; restrictions on changing voting places prior to an election; mailed notice; counting and canvass of ballots in certain precincts having less than 20 registered voters.
(a) (1) The county election officer shall determine the area to be served by each voting place at every election and shall provide notice of such voting places as required by law. At the discretion of thecounty election officer, all voters within a county may be allowed to voteat any polling location on election day, provided all rules and regulationsare followed as established by the secretary of state for such purpose.
(2) Any precinct having less than 20 registered voters shall be included with an adjacent precinct or precincts in a single area to be served by a common voting place. The location of voting places shall be designated by the county election officer as provided by K.S.A. 25-2703, and amendments thereto.
(b) For any election to which this section is applicable, wherever a city is located in two counties, the county election officer of the county in which the greater population of the city is located may designate a voting place located in a portion of the city in the other county to serve an area within that portion of the city within the county in which the greater population of the city is located.
(c) At voting places serving two or more precincts, one or more of which have less than 20 registered voters, all ballots which are identical shall be deposited in the same ballot box or boxes and such votes shall be counted and canvassed in a manner as to minimize the possibility of identifying the ballots cast by any voter.
(d) (1) The county election officer may not change a voting place prior to an election without providing mailed notice to the voters affected at least 30 days prior to the election. If an emergency is declared by the county election officer, the mailed notice requirement shall be waived.
(2) Failure to receive notice of a change in the voting place shall not give rise to a cause of action challenging the results of the election.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 15; L. 1977, ch. 140, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 103, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 49, § 8; L. 2019, ch. 36, § 2; July 1.
25-2702 Omitted: Townships; division into precincts.
25-2702a Omitted: Undivided wards and townships to constitute precincts.
25-2703 Omitted: Voting places; equipping and supplying; voting booths, location, design and storage; privacy of voter.
25-2703a Omitted: School buildings, polling places.
25-2704 Omitted: Ballot boxes; secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations.
25-2705 Omitted: Security of ballot boxes at polls.
25-2706 Omitted: Instructions, books and other materials; printing in foreign languages; responsibilities of county election officers and secretary of state.
25-2707 Omitted: Receipt for and record of election supplies.
25-2708 Omitted: Preservation of ballots and election records; distribution of abstracts of voting.
25-2709 Omitted: Destruction of election records.
25-2710 Omitted: Accessibility for voting places.
25-2711. Placement of political signs during election period.
No city or county shall regulate or prohibit the placement of or the number of political signs on private property or the unpaved right-of-way for city streets or county roads on private property during the 45-day period prior to any election and the two-day period following any such election. Cities and counties may regulate the size and a set-back distance for the placement of signs so as not to impede sight lines or sight distance for safety reasons.
History: L. 2015, ch. 85, § 15; July 1.
25-2712. Campaigning for elected office at private residences, not prohibited or subject to regulation.
No city or county shall regulate or prohibit canvassing, polling, soliciting or otherwise approaching private residences for the purpose of distributing campaign literature or campaigning for a candidate for an elected office.
History: L. 2016, ch. 55, § 1; July 1.