25-1120.Advance voting; ballots and ballotenvelopes; form and contents; numbering; declaration, form.When the names to appear on ballots are definitely known and not laterthan 20 days prior to any primary, general or question submitted election eachcounty election officer shall cause to be prepared such number of advancevoting ballots and ballot envelopes as in theelection officer's judgment are necessary to carry out the requirementsof this act. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such ballotsshall contain the names and cities ofresidence of all persons who are candidates for all national, state,county, city, township and school offices, which names may be written,typewritten or printed. On the same line with each candidate's nameshall be a square in the ordinary form, or parentheses in which thevoter can place across or check mark. In the case of elections required by law to beconducted on a partisan basis, such ballot shall indicate the politicalparty of each candidate. In all counties in which the same, or reproductions ofthe same, ballots which are presented to electors at the polls for voting onelection day can be usedfor advance voting, the names of candidates for the offices of precinctcommitteeman and committeewoman shall be printed on the ballots. In countiesin which ballots or reproductions of ballots presented to electors at the pollsfor voting on election day cannot be used for advance voting, the ballots maycontain blank lines for writing in names of candidates forprecinct committeemen and committeewomen together with the number of theprecinct or name of the township of such candidate. On the same line with eachblank line shall be a square in the ordinary form or parenthesis in which thevoter can place the appropriate mark.
The county election officer of any county may number such advance votingballots. If the county election officer of any county elects to prepareadvance voting ballots and ballot envelopes without identifying consecutivenumbers, such officershall prepare and distribute such ballots and envelopes in accordance witha plan approved by the secretary of state.If the county election officer elects to number such ballots, all advancevoting ballots shall be consecutively numbered, and the ballot envelope foreach ballot, if such envelope is required as provided in K.S.A. 25-1123, andamendments thereto, shall bear the same number as the ballot. The ballotenvelope shall also bear a declaration in substance as follows:
THIS DECLARATION MUST BECOMPLETED AND SIGNED
"I ___________________ do hereby declare that I marked theenclosed ballot and that such ballot was enclosed and sealed inthis envelope by me. My legal residence is in the _____________precinct, ______________ township, (or, in the ________________precinct of the ______________ ward, ______________ street in thecity of ______________), in the county of ______________, stateof Kansas.
(Signed) ______________."
The ballot envelope shall also contain a statement advising the voter thatthe signed envelope will be separated from the ballot toguarantee the confidentiality of the vote cast.
The ballot envelope to be used for voting by a former precinctresident shall also state the place of former residence of the voter andthe date of removal therefrom to the voter's present residence.
History: L. 1967, ch. 208, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 134, § 2; L.1973, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 137, § 8; L. 1978, ch. 140, §2; L. 1983, ch. 124, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 123, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 45, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 287, § 5;L. 1995, ch. 192, § 18; July 1.
25-1120.Advance voting; ballots and ballotenvelopes; form and contents; numbering; declaration, form.When the names to appear on ballots are definitely known and not laterthan 20 days prior to any primary, general or question submitted election eachcounty election officer shall cause to be prepared such number of advancevoting ballots and ballot envelopes as in theelection officer's judgment are necessary to carry out the requirementsof this act. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such ballotsshall contain the names and cities ofresidence of all persons who are candidates for all national, state,county, city, township and school offices, which names may be written,typewritten or printed. On the same line with each candidate's nameshall be a square in the ordinary form, or parentheses in which thevoter can place across or check mark. In the case of elections required by law to beconducted on a partisan basis, such ballot shall indicate the politicalparty of each candidate. In all counties in which the same, or reproductions ofthe same, ballots which are presented to electors at the polls for voting onelection day can be usedfor advance voting, the names of candidates for the offices of precinctcommitteeman and committeewoman shall be printed on the ballots. In countiesin which ballots or reproductions of ballots presented to electors at the pollsfor voting on election day cannot be used for advance voting, the ballots maycontain blank lines for writing in names of candidates forprecinct committeemen and committeewomen together with the number of theprecinct or name of the township of such candidate. On the same line with eachblank line shall be a square in the ordinary form or parenthesis in which thevoter can place the appropriate mark.
The county election officer of any county may number such advance votingballots. If the county election officer of any county elects to prepareadvance voting ballots and ballot envelopes without identifying consecutivenumbers, such officershall prepare and distribute such ballots and envelopes in accordance witha plan approved by the secretary of state.If the county election officer elects to number such ballots, all advancevoting ballots shall be consecutively numbered, and the ballot envelope foreach ballot, if such envelope is required as provided in K.S.A. 25-1123, andamendments thereto, shall bear the same number as the ballot. The ballotenvelope shall also bear a declaration in substance as follows:
THIS DECLARATION MUST BECOMPLETED AND SIGNED
"I ___________________ do hereby declare that I marked theenclosed ballot and that such ballot was enclosed and sealed inthis envelope by me. My legal residence is in the _____________precinct, ______________ township, (or, in the ________________precinct of the ______________ ward, ______________ street in thecity of ______________), in the county of ______________, stateof Kansas.
(Signed) ______________."
The ballot envelope shall also contain a statement advising the voter thatthe signed envelope will be separated from the ballot toguarantee the confidentiality of the vote cast.
The ballot envelope to be used for voting by a former precinctresident shall also state the place of former residence of the voter andthe date of removal therefrom to the voter's present residence.
History: L. 1967, ch. 208, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 134, § 2; L.1973, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 137, § 8; L. 1978, ch. 140, §2; L. 1983, ch. 124, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 123, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 45, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 287, § 5;L. 1995, ch. 192, § 18; July 1.
25-1120.Advance voting; ballots and ballotenvelopes; form and contents; numbering; declaration, form.When the names to appear on ballots are definitely known and not laterthan 20 days prior to any primary, general or question submitted election eachcounty election officer shall cause to be prepared such number of advancevoting ballots and ballot envelopes as in theelection officer's judgment are necessary to carry out the requirementsof this act. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such ballotsshall contain the names and cities ofresidence of all persons who are candidates for all national, state,county, city, township and school offices, which names may be written,typewritten or printed. On the same line with each candidate's nameshall be a square in the ordinary form, or parentheses in which thevoter can place across or check mark. In the case of elections required by law to beconducted on a partisan basis, such ballot shall indicate the politicalparty of each candidate. In all counties in which the same, or reproductions ofthe same, ballots which are presented to electors at the polls for voting onelection day can be usedfor advance voting, the names of candidates for the offices of precinctcommitteeman and committeewoman shall be printed on the ballots. In countiesin which ballots or reproductions of ballots presented to electors at the pollsfor voting on election day cannot be used for advance voting, the ballots maycontain blank lines for writing in names of candidates forprecinct committeemen and committeewomen together with the number of theprecinct or name of the township of such candidate. On the same line with eachblank line shall be a square in the ordinary form or parenthesis in which thevoter can place the appropriate mark.
The county election officer of any county may number such advance votingballots. If the county election officer of any county elects to prepareadvance voting ballots and ballot envelopes without identifying consecutivenumbers, such officershall prepare and distribute such ballots and envelopes in accordance witha plan approved by the secretary of state.If the county election officer elects to number such ballots, all advancevoting ballots shall be consecutively numbered, and the ballot envelope foreach ballot, if such envelope is required as provided in K.S.A. 25-1123, andamendments thereto, shall bear the same number as the ballot. The ballotenvelope shall also bear a declaration in substance as follows:
THIS DECLARATION MUST BECOMPLETED AND SIGNED
"I ___________________ do hereby declare that I marked theenclosed ballot and that such ballot was enclosed and sealed inthis envelope by me. My legal residence is in the _____________precinct, ______________ township, (or, in the ________________precinct of the ______________ ward, ______________ street in thecity of ______________), in the county of ______________, stateof Kansas.
(Signed) ______________."
The ballot envelope shall also contain a statement advising the voter thatthe signed envelope will be separated from the ballot toguarantee the confidentiality of the vote cast.
The ballot envelope to be used for voting by a former precinctresident shall also state the place of former residence of the voter andthe date of removal therefrom to the voter's present residence.
History: L. 1967, ch. 208, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 134, § 2; L.1973, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 137, § 8; L. 1978, ch. 140, §2; L. 1983, ch. 124, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 123, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 45, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 287, § 5;L. 1995, ch. 192, § 18; July 1.
