25-4401. Electronic and electromechanical voting systems; definitions. As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Ballot” may include an electronic display or printed document containing the offices and questions on which voters in a specified voting area are eligible to vote. (b) “Counting location” means the location in the county selected by […]
25-4402. Same; purchase, lease or rent and use by county. Subject to the limitations of article 44 of chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the board of county commissioners and the county election officer of any county are authorized to purchase, lease or rent and use electronic or electromechanical voting systems as […]
25-4403. Same; county commission and election officer may authorize; issuance of bonds; abandonment of system, when; direct recording electronic system acquisition prohibited; electronic or electromechanical voting system requirements for acquisition. (a) The board of county commissioners and the county election officer of any county may provide an electronic or electromechanical voting system to be used […]
25-4404. Same; certification by secretary of state; statement required. The secretary of state shall examine and approve the kinds or makes of electronic or electromechanical voting systems, including operating systems, firmware and software, and no kind or make of such system shall be used at any election unless and until it receives certification by the […]
25-4405. Same; examination of system by secretary of state; fee; review of existing system; notice and hearing; changes may be required; rescinding approval; testing systems and equipment. (a) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to sell any kind or make of electronic or electromechanical voting system to political subdivisions in Kansas may in writing request […]
25-4406. Same; mandatory requirements for electronic or electromechanical systems approved. Electronic or electromechanical voting systems approved by the secretary of state: (a) Shall provide for voting for the candidates for nomination or election of all political parties officially recognized pursuant to K.S.A. 25-302a, and amendments thereto; (b) shall permit a voter to vote for any […]
25-4407. Same; acquisition of systems. (a) When a board of commissioners and county election officer have determined that such a voting system shall be used in a county, the board of county commissioners and the county election officer shall provide such number of units as shall be necessary to equip voting places for the use […]
25-4408. Same; storage, repair, delivery to voting places and return to storage. The board of county commissioners shall provide for the storage of electronic or electromechanical voting systems. The county election officer shall be in complete charge of the systems, their safekeeping when not in use and keeping them in repair and working order and […]
25-4409. Same; ballot arrangement and display of information; candidate rotation; duties of election judges. (a) The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots except that such information may be in vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate pages. Voting squares or ovals […]
25-4410. Same; procedures for voting on paper ballots applicable to systems; sample ballots; instructions and assistance to voters. (a) Insofar as applicable, the procedures provided for voting on paper ballots shall apply to electronic and electromechanical voting systems. (b) The county election officer shall provide for each voting place sample ballots which shall be posted […]
25-4411. Same; vote tabulation equipment; testing; notice; conditions of test; error correction; securing and retention of equipment, programs and ballots. (a) The vote tabulation 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 […]
25-4412. Same; securing voting systems against voting after polls closed; counting ballots or envelopes; checking against poll book; write-in votes; sealing of ballots and delivery to judges; duties of election officer and election board members at counting location; official returns, open to public, posting; counting ballots manually, when. (a) In voting areas where electronic or […]
25-4413. Same; recount of ballots. In the case of a recount, the ballots shall be recounted in the manner provided by K.S.A. 25-4412, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1977, ch. 129, § 13; L. 2007, ch. 125, § 20; July 1.
25-4414. Electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud; penalty. Electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud is: (a) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of voting equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware, software or ballots; or (b) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any electronic or electromechanical system or component part thereof, or any […]
25-4415. Rules and regulations. The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations: (a) For the use of electronic and electromechanical voting 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, § 22; July 1.
25-4416. Title. K.S.A. 25-4401 through 25-4414, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 25-4415 and 25-4416, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the electronic and electromechanical voting systems act. History: L. 2007, ch. 125, § 23; July 1.
