History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 34; R.S. 1923, 25-707; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 110; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 4; Jan. 13, 1975.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 49; L. 2004, ch. 126, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 50; L. 1992, ch. 237, § 6; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 7; July 1.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-708; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 111; L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1; July 1.
As soon as such final canvass of the primary election shall be completed, the secretary of state shall publish in the Kansas register a certified statement of the candidates for the presidential electors, United States senator, representatives in congress and all state officers or so many of such officers as may have been voted for at such election. On the fourth day after the completion of such final canvass or as soon as practicable thereafter, the secretary of state shall mail to each candidate found by the state board of canvassers to be duly nominated a certificate of nomination, showing the name of the candidate, the party by whom nominated and the office for which the candidate is nominated as specified in the nomination papers and determined by the state board of canvassers.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-218; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 81; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 10; L. 1992, ch. 237, § 7; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 8; July 1.
(b) For the purpose of canvassing elections specified in subsection (a), the state board of canvassers shall meet on the call of the secretary of state, in the secretary's office, as soon as convenient after the tabulation of the returns is made. In the case of general elections, the meeting shall be called not later than December 1 next following such election, except when such date falls on Sunday, then not later than the following day, and may recess from time to time until the canvass is completed.
(c) The state board of canvassers shall, upon the abstracts on file in the office of secretary of state, proceed to make final canvass of any election for officers specified in subsection (a). The state board of canvassers shall certify a statement which shall show the names of the persons receiving votes for any of such offices, and the whole number received by each, distinguishing the districts and counties in which they were voted.
(d) The state board of canvassers shall, upon the abstracts on file in the office of the secretary of state, proceed to make final canvass and determination of the result of statewide question submitted elections. The state board of canvassers shall certify a statement of the number of votes on each question and the result thereof.
(e) The state board of canvassers shall certify such statements to be correct, and the members shall subscribe their names thereto, and the board shall determine what persons have been elected to such offices and the members shall endorse and subscribe on the statement a certificate of such determination and deliver them to the secretary of state.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-711; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 112; L. 1981, ch. 170, § 1; July 1.
(b) A tie vote shall have occurred in the following cases:
(1) In a primary election for any national or state office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office as candidate for the same party.
(2) In a general election for any national or state office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office.
(3) In the case of election to any national office determination of whether a tie has occurred shall be made and such determination shall be based upon any federal statutes applicable to the particular national office, if there be any such federal statutes, and in all other respects according to this section.
(4) In the case of a constitutional amendment or other question submitted election a tie shall never be deemed to have occurred, and if there are the same number of "yes" votes and "no" votes, the "no" votes shall have prevailed, except in the case of a question upon the retention of a justice of the supreme court.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 53; April 30.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 41; R.S. 1923, 25-715; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 115; L. 1973, ch. 153, § 23; July 1.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 40; R.S. 1923, 25-714; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 114; L. 1975, ch. 270, § 5; July 1.
(b) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record any certificates received from officers of the legislature under K.S.A. 25-3209.
(c) The secretary of state shall without delay make out and transmit a certificate of election, under the seal of office of the secretary of state, to each of the persons declared to be elected.
(d) The secretary of state shall cause a statement of the determinations made of elections by both the state board of canvassers and the legislature to be published in the Kansas register.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-713; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 113; L. 1975, ch. 270, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 11; Jan. 1, 1982.