(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 such a manner as to minimize the possibility of identifying the ballots cast by any voter.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 15; L. 1977, ch. 140, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 103, § 1; July 1.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-103; L. 1927, ch. 200, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 223, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 197, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 60; L. 1970, ch. 144, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 141, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1971, ch. 133, § 1; March 5.
No person other than judges, clerks and other election officers allowed by law, and those admitted for the purpose of voting, shall be permitted within three feet of the voting booths, of voting machines where they are used, or of any table being used by the election board, except by the authority of the supervising judge. Voting booths shall be deposited with the county election officer between elections.
History: L. 1893, ch. 78, § 20; L. 1897, ch. 129, § 20; R.S. 1923, 25-402; L. 1961, ch. 197, § 5; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 100; L. 1971, ch. 134, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 168, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 169, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 26, § 1; March 24.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by rules and regulations adopted under this section by the secretary of state, a separate ballot box shall be provided for each of the types of ballots named in the following list, if such ballots are to be voted at the election:
(1) A box for "national and state ballots";
(2) A box for "county and township ballots";
(3) A box for "judicial ballots";
(4) A box for "city ballots";
(5) A box for "school ballots";
(6) A box for "ballots for constitutional amendments";
(7) A box for "questions submitted."
(c) Each ballot box shall be labeled according to its appropriate designation as set out in quotation marks in subsection (b) of this section.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 19; L. 1969, ch. 193, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 20; April 30.
(b) The county election officer shall furnish printed instructions to election boards, defining their duties and the law governing elections.
(c) (1) The county election officer shall furnish:
(A) Printed instructions to voters;
(B) a list of voters' rights and responsibilities;
(C) a sample ballot;
(D) notification of the date of the election; and
(E) the polling place hours.
(2) Each of the items in paragraph (1) shall be posted in every voting place at every election.
(3) Wherever the secretary of state deems it advisable, all items listed in subsection (c) shall be printed in English and in a language or languages other than English.
(d) The secretary of state shall specify the form and contents of instructions to voters, list of voters' rights and responsibilities and instructions to election boards. Such specifications shall be transmitted to county election officers and may be changed from time to time by the secretary of state.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 38; L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 146, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 25, § 11; July 1.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 39; April 30.
(b) The county election officer shall preserve all county, city, school district and township ballots for six months and all state and national ballots for 22 months. At the expiration of such time, the county election officer shall destroy them without previously opening any of the envelopes, in the presence of two electors of approved integrity and good repute, members of the two leading political parties. Such electors shall be designated by the board of county commissioners. If the election of any officer or any question submitted at such time is being contested, the ballots shall not be destroyed until such contest is finally decided. In all cases of contested elections, either of the parties contesting shall have the right to have such ballots opened and to have all errors of the judges in counting the ballots corrected by the court or body trying such contest. Such ballots shall be opened in open court or in an open session of such body and the presence of the officer having the custody thereof.
(c) The three copies of the certified abstract of each voting place and the three copies of all certified abstracts of the county board of canvassers shall be distributed as follows:
(1) One copy shall be retained as a permanent record in the office of the county election officer.
(2) One copy shall be delivered to the chairperson of the county committee of the political party of the candidate for governor who received the greatest number of votes in the last state general election.
(3) One copy shall be delivered to the chairperson of the county committee of the political party of the candidate for governor who received the second greatest number of votes in the last state general election.
(d) Other election supplies, books, records, lists and papers shall be destroyed as provided by law.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 40; L. 1974, ch. 106, § 5; L. 1988, ch. 122, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 108, § 4; July 1.
(1) Appointments and oaths of office of election board members, two years.
(2) Registration lists, five years.
(3) Poll books, five years.
(4) Party affiliation lists, five years.
(5) Abstracts of voting records, 20 years.
(6) Affidavits required to be filed by the election laws of the state of Kansas, including advance voting and mail ballot envelopes containing voters' declarations, two years.
(7) All other election records used at polling places, two years.
(8) Declination forms maintained by voter registration agencies and the division of motor vehicles, two years.
(9) Confirmation notices, two years.
(10) Confirmation responses, two years.
History: L. 1974, ch. 106, § 8; L. 1993, ch. 287, § 7; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 44; L. 1996, ch. 187, § 16; Apr. 25.
History: L. 1977, ch. 128, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 93, § 5; July 1.