20-122. Same; names and addresses of attorneys; certificate evidencing qualifications and voting; separate envelopes; preservation of ballots and certificates.
20-122
20-122. Same; names and addresses of attorneys; certificate evidencing
qualifications and voting; separate envelopes; preservation of ballots and
certificates.
The clerk of the supreme court may use the roster of attorneys in
the clerk's
office licensed to practice law in Kansas for ascertaining the names and places
of residence of those
entitled to receive ballots and for ascertaining the qualifications of
those nominated for membership on the commission. The clerk shall supply
with each ballot distributed a certificate to be signed and
returned
by the member of the bar voting such ballot, evidencing the qualifications
of such member of the bar to vote, and certifying that the ballot was
voted by the certifying voter.
To the end that the vote cast may be secret a separate envelope shall be
provided for the ballot, in which the voted ballot only shall be placed,
and the envelope containing the voted ballot shall be returned in an
envelope, also to be supplied by the clerk, together with the signed
certificate. No ballot not accompanied by the signed certificate of the
voter shall be counted. When the voted ballots are received by the clerk
they shall be separated from the certificates by the canvassers, and after
the ballots are counted and the results certified both the ballots and the
certificates shall be preserved by the clerk for a period of six
months
and no one shall be permitted to inspect them
except on order of the supreme
court. At the end of such six months period the clerk,
unless
otherwise ordered by the supreme court, shall destroy them.
History: L. 1959, ch. 158, § 4;
L. 2003, ch. 99, § 3; July 1.