(b) The county election officer shall prepare for each voting place at each partisan primary election a party affiliation list, duly certified by such officer, which clearly indicates the party affiliation of each registered voter in the voting area who has declared a party affiliation. The registration book prepared for a voting place pursuant to K.S.A. 25-2318, and amendments thereto, may be used as such list, but no registration book prepared for use at a voting place in an election other than a partisan primary election or an election held at the same time as a partisan primary election shall indicate in any manner the party affiliation of any voter. Such list shall be delivered by the supervising judge to the voting place before the opening of the polls.
(c) The party affiliation list provided for by subsection (b) shall be used to determine the party affiliation of a voter offering to vote at a partisan primary election and of a voter applying for an advance voting ballot pursuant to K.S.A. 25-1122, and amendments thereto. If a voter's party affiliation is not indicated on the party affiliation list, such voter shall state the voter's party affiliation in writing on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. A judge at the precinct polling place, or the county election officer or such officer's designee, shall give such voter a primary ballot of the voter's party affiliation, and such person thereupon shall be entitled to vote. Such a statement of party affiliation shall constitute a declaration of party affiliation, and all such signed statements shall be returned to the county election officer, who shall cause them to be recorded on the party affiliation list.
(d) No voter shall be allowed to receive the ballot of any political party except that with which such voter is affiliated.
(e) Party affiliation statements shall be preserved for five years. The county election officer may dispose of the statements in the manner approved for destruction of ballots as provided in K.S.A. 25-2708, and amendments thereto.
(f) The county election officer shall update party affiliation lists as provided by rules and regulations of the secretary of state.
History: L. 1927, ch. 203, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 227, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 84; L. 1972, ch. 144, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 106, § 6; L. 1978, ch. 144, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 124, § 7; July 1.
Before each primary and general election held in even-numbered years, and at times and in a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state, each county election officer shall certify to the secretary of state the number of members of each party in each precinct of the county as shown by the party affiliation list in the office of such county election officer.
Each county election officer shall furnish a copy of such certificates to the county chairperson of each party in the county having members on the party affiliation list. On request of the county chairperson or party central committee, the county election officer shall furnish not to exceed three copies of the party affiliation list, at the expense of the party committee requesting such copies.
History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 23; L. 1972, ch. 128, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 109, § 3; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 9; July 1.
History: L. 1927, ch. 203, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 85; L. 1972, ch. 145, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 182, § 12; L. 1978, ch. 144, § 2; July 1.
(b) Any person, who, having declared a party or voter affiliation, desires to change the same, may file a written declaration with the county election officer, stating the change of party or voter affiliation. Such declaration shall be filed not less than 14 days prior to the date of any national, state, county or township primary election. The county election officer shall enter a record of such change on the party or voter affiliation list of such preceding primary election in the proper column opposite the voter's name.
(c) Any person who has never declared a party or voter affiliation in the county in which such person resides may file a written declaration with the county election officer, stating the person's party or voter affiliation. Such declaration shall be filed not less than 14 days prior to the date of any national, state, county or township primary election. The county election officer shall enter a record of such declaration on the party or voter affiliation list of the preceding primary election in the proper column opposite the voter's name.
History: L. 1927, ch. 203, § 3; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 86; L. 1972, ch. 145, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 119, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 102, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1935, ch. 177, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 87; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 129, § 12; July 1.
History: L. 1972, ch. 141, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 181, § 12; L. 1988, ch. 119, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 187, § 19; Apr. 25.
(b) The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations prescribing the method of listing members of all registered political organizations in voter registration and affiliation.
History: L. 1988, ch. 119, § 8; March 24.