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KS Stat § 25-4310 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4310 Same; petition; circulation; signatures; withdrawal.

25-4310. Same; petition; circulation; signatures; withdrawal. The petitions may be circulated by a petition circulator, as defined in K.S.A. 25-3608, and amendments thereto, only in person throughout the state or election district of the state officer sought to be recalled. No copy of a petition shall be circulated in more than one county, and the county election officer of the county in which each petition is circulated shall certify to the secretary of state the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. Any registered elector of such election district or of the state, as the case may be, may subscribe to the petition by signing the elector's name and address as the same appears on the voter registration books. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw such person's name only by giving written notice to the secretary of state before the date the petition is filed. The necessary signatures on a petition shall be secured within 90 days from the date that the petitions prepared by the secretary of state pursuant to K.S.A. 25-4309, and amendments thereto, are delivered to the recall committee. The petition shall be signed only in ink. Illegible signatures unless accompanied by a legible printed name may be rejected by the secretary of state or by any county election officer assisting the secretary of state.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 8; L. 1988, ch. 119, § 6; L. 2001, ch. 128, § 9; L. 2014, ch. 98, § 7; May 15.
KS Stat § 25-4311 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4311 Same; petition; affidavit; filing, when; number of signatures.

25-4311. Same; petition; affidavit; filing, when; number of signatures. Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the sponsor who personally circulated the petition. The affidavit shall state in substance that (a) the person signing the affidavit is a sponsor, (b) the person is the only circulator of that petition or copy, (c) the signatures were made in the petition circulator's actual presence, (d) to the best of the petition circulator's knowledge, the signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be, and (e) the person circulated the petition in the manner provided by this act. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the secretary of state and county election officers assisting the secretary of state shall not count subscriptions on petitions not properly certified. Only one election may be held for the recall of a particular state officer in a single term of office, and no application for a second recall election within a single term shall be approved nor shall any petition therefor be circulated. No petition may be filed within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of the state officer sought to be recalled. The recall committee may file the petition only if signed by registered electors in the state or in the election district of the state officer sought to be recalled equal in number to not less than 40% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office of the state officer sought to be recalled, such percentage to be based upon the last general election for the current term of office of the state officer sought to be recalled.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 9; L. 1976, ch. 177, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 127, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4312 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4312 Same; petition; determination of sufficiency; when improperly filed.

25-4312. Same; petition; determination of sufficiency; when improperly filed. The secretary of state with the assistance and co-operation of each county election officer involved shall determine the sufficiency of each application and petition for recall of a state officer. Within thirty (30) days of the date of filing, the secretary of state shall review the petition and shall notify the recall committee and the person sought to be recalled whether the petition was properly or improperly filed. The secretary of state shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed if he or she determines that (a) there is an insufficient number of subscribing qualified registered electors, (b) the petition was filed within less than one hundred and eighty (180) days of the termination of the term of office of the state officer sought to be recalled or (c) the petition does not conform to any other requirement of this act.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 10; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 3; April 25.
KS Stat § 25-4314 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4314 Same; election; time; ballot form.

25-4314. Same; election; time; ballot form. If the secretary of state determines the petition is properly filed and if the office is not vacant, he or she shall prescribe the ballot form and shall call a special election to be held on a date not less than sixty (60), nor more than ninety (90), days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed. If a primary or general election is to be held not less than sixty (60), nor more than ninety (90), days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed, the special election shall be held on the date of the primary or general election. The ballot shall be designed with the question of whether the state officer shall be recalled, placed on the ballot in the following manner: "Shall (name of official) be recalled from the office of ______________?". Provision shall be made for marking the question "Yes" or "No." Except as otherwise specifically provided by this act, laws applicable to question submitted elections shall apply to elections held under this section.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 12; April 14.
KS Stat § 25-4315 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4315 Same; election; public inspection of statements.

25-4315. Same; election; public inspection of statements. The secretary of state shall provide each county election officer in the state or in the election district of the state officer sought to be recalled with one copy of the statement of the grounds for recall included in the application and one copy of the statement of not more than 200 words made by the state officer sought to be recalled in justification of such state officer's conduct in office. The state officer sought to be recalled may provide the secretary of state with such state officer's statement within 10 days after the date the secretary of state gave notification that the petition was properly filed. Each county election officer shall maintain such statements for public inspection.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 13; L. 2003, ch. 127, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4316 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4316 Same; determination and certification of election results; filling of vacancy.

25-4316. Same; determination and certification of election results; filling of vacancy. If a majority of the votes cast on the question of recall favor the recall of the state officer, the state board of canvassers shall so determine and the secretary of state shall so certify and the office shall be vacant on the day after the date of certification. A vacancy caused by a recall shall be filled as a vacancy caused by other means.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 14; April 14.
KS Stat § 25-4317 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4317 Same; action to have determinations relating to recall reviewed.

25-4317. Same; action to have determinations relating to recall reviewed. Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the secretary of state or lieutenant governor with respect to recall of a state officer may bring an action to have such determination reviewed within thirty (30) days of the date on which notice of determination was given by action in the district court of Shawnee county or of the county of the legal residence of state officer.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 15; April 14.
KS Stat § 25-4318 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4318 Recall of local officers; petition, filing.

25-4318. Recall of local officers; petition, filing. The recall of a local officer is proposed by filing a petition with the county election officer of the county in which all or the greater part of the population of the election district of the local officer is located, if not a school district, or the home county of the school district, if the election district of the local officer is a school district. The recall of a county election officer (if elected) is proposed by filing a petition with the county attorney of his or her county who shall perform the duties imposed on the county election officer in the recall of other local officers.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 18; April 14.
KS Stat § 25-4319 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4319 Same; conduct of election.

25-4319. Same; conduct of election. Subject to rules and regulations of the secretary of state, the recall election of a local officer shall be conducted by the county election officer of the county in which the petition is required to be filed. Other county election officers of counties in which any part of the election district of the officer sought to be recalled shall assist the county election officer conducting such election.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 19; April 14.
KS Stat § 25-4320 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4320 Petitions for recall of local officers; petition; contents; circulation; form; sample from election officer on request; affidavit.

25-4320. Petitions for recall of local officers; petition; contents; circulation; form; sample from election officer on request; affidavit. (a) Each petition for recall of a local officer shall include: (1) The name and office of the local officer sought to be recalled; (2) the grounds for recall described in particular in not more than 200 words; (3) a statement that the petition signers are registered electors of the election district of the local officer sought to be recalled; (4) the names and addresses of three registered electors of the election district of the officer sought to be recalled who shall comprise the recall committee; (5) the statement of warning required in K.S.A. 25-4321, and amendments thereto; and (6) a statement that a list of all petition circulators, as defined in K.S.A. 25-3608, and amendments thereto, authorized to circulate recall petitions for such recall may be examined in the office of the county election officer where the petition is required to be filed.(b) Each page of a petition for recall of a local officer shall be in substantially the following form:I, the undersigned, hereby seek the recall of ____________ from the office of __________, on the ground(s) that ____________, (state specific grounds) and declare that I am a registered elector of ______________ County, Kansas, and of the election district of the officer named above.    Street Number  Name of  or RR  Name of  Date of  Signer  (as Registered)  City  SigningNOTE:1.  It is a class B misdemeanor to sign a name other than your own name to this petition, to knowingly sign more than once for the recall of the same officer at the same election or to sign this petition knowing you are not a registered elector.2.  The following comprise the recall committee:(names and resident addresses)3.  A list of all petition circulators, as defined in K.S.A. 25-3608, and amendments thereto, authorized to circulate petitions for this recall may be examined in the office of the ____________ County election officer.(c) A county election officer shall provide a sample of the form prescribed by subsection (b) upon request by any person.(d) The affidavit required by K.S.A. 25-4325, and amendments thereto, shall be appended to each petition for recall of a local officer.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 20; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 119, § 7; L. 1991, ch. 104, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 128, § 10; L. 2014, ch. 98, § 8; May 15.
KS Stat § 25-4321 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4321 Same; certain acts crimes.

25-4321. Same; certain acts crimes. Any person who signs a name other than that person's own name to a petition for recall of a local officer, or who knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition at one election, or who signs the petition knowing he or she is not a registered elector is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Each page of the petition shall include a statement of warning of this crime.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 21; L. 1976, ch. 176, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 5; April 25.
KS Stat § 25-4323 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4323 Same; petition; filing, when; limitations.

25-4323. Same; petition; filing, when; limitations. (a) No petition for recall of a local officer may be filed during the first one hundred and twenty (120) days of the term of office of the local officer sought to be recalled or within less than one hundred and eighty (180) days of the termination of the term of office of the local officer sought to be recalled.(b) Only one recall election may be held to recall a particular local officer in a single term of office, and no petition for a second recall election within a single term shall be approved or circulated.(c) The number of local officers serving on the same governing body which may be subject to recall at the same time shall not exceed a majority of the members of the governing body minus one, and no petition for recall of a local officer serving on a governing body shall be approved if petitions for the recall of other local officers serving on the same governing body have been properly filed and elections thereon have not been held and the number of such other local officers equals a majority of the members of the governing body minus one.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 23; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 6; April 25.
KS Stat § 25-4324 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4324 Same; petition; circulation; signatures; withdrawal.

25-4324. Same; petition; circulation; signatures; withdrawal. The petitions shall be circulated in person by a sponsor. No petition shall be circulated in more than one county. The county election officer of the county in which each petition is circulated shall certify to the county election officer where petitions are required to be filed the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. Any registered elector of such election district may subscribe to the petition by signing such elector's name and address. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw such person's name only by giving written notice to the county election officer where petitions are to be filed before the date filed. The necessary signatures on a petition shall be secured within 90 days from the date that the recall committee receives notice that the county or district attorney has determined that the grounds for recall as stated in the petition are sufficient as required by K.S.A. 25-4322, and amendments thereto. The petition shall be signed only in ink. Illegible signatures unless accompanied by a legible printed name may be rejected by the county election officer.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 24; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 7; L. 1991, ch. 104, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 105, § 10; L. 2002, ch. 146, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4325 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4325 Recall of local officers; petition; affidavit, form, number of signatures.

25-4325. Recall of local officers; petition; affidavit, form, number of signatures. Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the sponsor who personally circulated the petition. The affidavit shall state in substance that (a) the person signing the affidavit is a sponsor, (b) the person is the only circulator of that petition or copy, (c) the signatures were made in such person's actual presence, (d) to the best of such person's knowledge, the signatures are those of the persons whose names they purport to be, (e) the person circulated the petition in the manner provided by this act and (f) the person signing the affidavit, being duly sworn, on oath states that the statements of grounds for recall contained in the recall petition are true. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the county election officer shall not count signatures on petitions not properly certified. The recall committee may file the petition only if signed by registered electors in the election district of the local officer sought to be recalled equal in number to not less than 40% of the votes cast for all candidates for the office of the local officer sought to be recalled, such percentage to be based upon the last general election for the current term of office of the local officer sought to be recalled. If more than one person was elected to such office at such election the number of signatures required shall be equal to not less than 40% of the votes cast at such election for all candidates for the office divided by the number of persons elected to such office.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 25; L. 1976, ch. 177, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 8; L. 1987, ch. 130, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 127, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4326 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4326 Same; petition; determination of sufficiency; when improperly filed.

25-4326. Same; petition; determination of sufficiency; when improperly filed. The county election officer of the county where petitions are required to be filed, with the assistance and cooperation of each other county election officer involved, shall determine the sufficiency of each petition for recall of a local officer. Within thirty (30) days of the date of filing, such county election officer shall review the petition and shall notify the recall committee and the local officer sought to be recalled whether the petition was properly or improperly filed. Such county election officer shall notify the recall committee that the petition was improperly filed if he or she determines that (a) there is an insufficient number of subscribing qualified registered electors, (b) the petition was filed within less than one hundred and eighty (180) days of the termination of the term of office of the local officer sought to be recalled, (c) the local officer sought to be recalled has been or is being subjected to another recall election during his or her current term of office, (d) petitions for the recall of other local officers serving on the same governing body have been properly filed and elections thereon have not been held and the number of such local officers equals a majority of the members of the governing body minus one or (e) the petition does not conform to any other requirement of this act.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 26; L. 1978, ch. 147, § 9; April 25.
KS Stat § 25-4328 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4328 Same; election; form of ballot; vacancy in office.

25-4328. Same; election; form of ballot; vacancy in office. If the county election officer of the county where petitions are required to be filed determines the petition is properly filed and if the office is not vacant, such election officer shall prepare the ballots and shall call a special election to be held on a date not less than 60, nor more than 90, days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed. If a vacancy occurs in the office held by the local officer sought to be recalled at any time after the date that notification is given that the petition therefor was properly filed, the county election officer, if such officer determines that unnecessary election expenses may be avoided thereby, may cancel such special election. The county election officer shall immediately notify the recall committee and any other county election officer involved of such vacancy and determination and take such other action as may be necessary to withdraw such proposition from submission to election. If a primary or general election is to be held not less than 60, nor more than 90, days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed, the special election shall be held on the date of the primary or general election. If an election at which all or some of the residents of the district are entitled to vote, is to be held more than 90 days but not more than 120 days after the date notification is given that the petition was properly filed, the recall election may be held on the date of such election. The ballot shall be designed with the question of whether the local officer shall be recalled, placed on the ballot in the following manner: "Shall (name of official) be recalled from the office of ______________?" Provision shall be made for marking the question "Yes" or "No." Except as otherwise specifically provided by this act, laws applicable to question submitted elections shall apply to elections held under this section.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 28; L. 1984, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 1, § 1; Feb. 13.
KS Stat § 25-4329 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4329 Same; election; public inspection of statements.

25-4329. Same; election; public inspection of statements. Within 10 days after the date the county election officer gave notification that the recall petition was properly filed, the person sought to be recalled may provide to the county election officer such person's statement, containing not more than 200 words, in justification of such person's conduct in office. The county election officer shall maintain such statement for public inspection.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 29; L. 2003, ch. 127, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4330 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4330 Same; election results; certification; vacancies; disqualification for appointment to governing body.

25-4330. Same; election results; certification; vacancies; disqualification for appointment to governing body. If a majority of the votes cast on the question of recall favor the recall of the local officer, the county board of canvassers shall so determine and the county election officer shall so certify and the office shall be vacant on the day after the date of certification. A vacancy caused by a recall shall be filled as a vacancy caused by other means. No local officer who has been recalled, or who has resigned after a petition for recall has been filed to recall such officer, shall be eligible for appointment to fill such vacancy, and if the officer is a member of a governing body, the person so resigning shall be ineligible for appointment to any other position or office on such governing body until the current term of that office has expired.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 30; L. 1980, ch. 114, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-4331 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 43 - Recall Of Elected Officials|25-4331 Same; action to have determinations relating to recall reviewed.

25-4331. Same; action to have determinations relating to recall reviewed. Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the county election officer or county attorney of the county where petitions are required to be filed may bring an action to have the determination reviewed within thirty (30) days of the date on which notice of determination was given by action in the district court of such county.History: L. 1976, ch. 178, § 31; April 14.