19-204b. Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed.
19-204b
19-204b. Election of Sherman county commissioners at
large; when allowed.
(a) The board of county commissioners of Sherman county
may
provide for the
election of county commissioners in accordance with this section. The procedure
for the election of county
commissioners shall be adopted by resolution in accordance with the provisions
of K.S.A. 19-204 and
amendments thereto. The resolution shall be in substantial compliance with the
provisions of subsection (b).
Any county commissioner whose term has not expired by the time the resolution
has been adopted by the
voters of Sherman county, Kansas, shall continue to serve until a successor
county commissioner is elected.
(b) (1) Each county commissioner shall run at large. Each candidate for
county commissioner may reside
anywhere within Sherman county, Kansas.
(2) All electors who are otherwise qualified according to law and who reside
in Sherman county, Kansas,
may vote in both the primary and general election for each county commissioner
being elected. Each
candidate shall file for the office of county commissioner in the manner
provided by law. Elections for the
office of county commissioner shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of article 25 of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as provided in this
section and amendments
thereto.
(3) (A) Primary elections under this section shall be conducted on a
partisan basis. In the primary election,
each qualified voter shall be allowed to vote for the same number of candidates
as the number of county
commissioners being elected. For each county commissioner being elected, the
candidate receiving the
highest number of votes shall appear on the ballot in the general election.
(B) No person shall be permitted to cast more than one vote for any specific
candidate.
(4) In the general election, each qualified voter shall be allowed to vote
for the same number of candidates
as the number of county commissioners being elected. The candidate receiving
the highest number of votes
for each office of county commissioner being elected shall be deemed to have
been elected to such office.
(c) (1) The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2010,
unless
the qualified voters of Sherman
county, Kansas, elect to adopt the provisions of this section prior to such
date.
(2) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the resolution
submitted to
the voters pursuant to this section who reside within the corporate limits of
the
city of Goodland, Kansas, and a majority of the qualified electors voting on
such resolution who reside outside of the corporate
limits of the city of
Goodland, Kansas, vote in favor thereof, the resolution shall be implemented in
the manner provided by the resolution. If a majority of the electors who reside
within the corporate limits of the city of Goodland, Kansas or a majority of
the
qualified electors who reside outside of the corporate limits of the city of
Goodland, Kansas, vote against such resolution, the
proposed resolution shall
not be implemented.
History: L. 2009, ch. 134, § 2; May 28.