25-4707 Consolidation of complaints.
25-4707. Consolidation of complaints. The secretary of state may consolidate complaints if such complaints relate to the same actions or events or raise common questions of law or fact. History: L. 2004, ch. 25, § 23; July 1.
25-4607 Ballots; printing and design.
25-4607. Ballots; printing and design. The ballot information shall be in the order of arrangement provided for in article 6, chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated for official ballots. Such information may be printed on both sides of one ballot or on more than one ballot. Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting […]
25-4608 Voting procedures applicable.
25-4608. Voting procedures applicable. Insofar as applicable, the procedures provided for voting on regular paper ballots shall apply when optical scanning equipment is to be used. Prior to delivering any ballot to the voter, the board worker should place a unique mark in the box printed at the bottom of the ballot. A unique mark […]
25-4609 Marking ballots; instruction; voter assistance; procedure.
25-4609. Marking ballots; instruction; voter assistance; procedure. (a) Each voter shall be instructed how to mark the ballot before such voter enters the voting booth. The voter shall also be instructed to place such person’s ballot or ballots in a ballot sleeve or other container after voting, in order that no votes are exposed. (b) […]
25-4610 Testing of equipment before election; notice; additional tests; disposition of ballots and programs.
25-4610. Testing of equipment before election; notice; additional tests; disposition of ballots and programs. (a) The optical scanning equipment may be located at any place within the county approved by the county election officer. (b) Within five days prior to the date of the election, the county election officer shall have the optical scanning equipment […]
25-4611 Procedure when polls are closed; comparison count; ballots to counting location; public counting; manual count, when; advance voting ballots; printing and posting of tabulated return.
25-4611. Procedure when polls are closed; comparison count; ballots to counting location; public counting; manual count, when; advance voting ballots; printing and posting of tabulated return. (a) As soon as the polls are closed, the supervising judge shall count the number of ballots or envelopes containing ballots that have been cast to determine that the […]
25-4612 Optical scanning equipment fraud; penalty.
25-4612. Optical scanning equipment fraud; penalty. Optical scanning equipment fraud is: (a) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, optical scanning equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software; or (b) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof, or any ballot, operating system, firmware […]
25-4613 Specifications for optical scanning systems and equipment.
25-4613. Specifications for optical scanning systems and equipment. Optical scanning equipment and systems using optical scanning equipment approved by the secretary of state: (a) Shall be capable of being tested to ascertain that the equipment will correctly count votes cast for all offices and on all questions submitted; and (b) shall be capable of printing […]
25-4614 Rules and regulations.
25-4614. Rules and regulations. The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations: (a) For the use of optical scanning systems to count votes under the election laws of this state; and (b) necessary for the administration of this act. History: L. 2007, ch. 125, § 34; July 1.
25-4615 25-4615.Title.
25-4615. Title. K.S.A. 25-4601 through 25-4613, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 25-4614 and 25-4615, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the optical scanning voting systems act. History: L. 2007, ch. 125, § 35; July 1.