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KS Stat § 25-1809 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 18 - Voting By New And Former State Residents In Presidential Elections|25-1809 Challenge of votes cast by new residents, former residents or relocated residents.

25-1809. Challenge of votes cast by new residents, former residents or relocated residents. The vote of any new resident, former resident or relocated resident may be challenged for cause. The clerks and judges of special election boards provided for by law shall have all the powers and authority conferred upon them by law with respect to other voters in respect to hearing and determining the legality of votes by new residents, former residents or relocated residents.History: L. 1963, ch. 232, § 9; L. 1972, ch. 137, § 9; L. 1985, ch. 118, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-1811 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 18 - Voting By New And Former State Residents In Presidential Elections|25-1811 Application of law relating to advance voting.

25-1811. Application of law relating to advance voting. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the provisions of law relating to advance voting shall apply also to the casting and counting of ballots and challenging of votes by new residents, former residents or by relocated residents, the furnishing of election supplies, ballots, canvassing of ballots, and making proper returns of the results of the election.History: L. 1963, ch. 232, § 11; L. 1972, ch. 137, § 10; L. 1978, ch. 140, § 10; L. 1985, ch. 118, § 10; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 43; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-1901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 19 - State Board Of Education Member Elections|25-1901 Definitions adopted by reference.

25-1901. Definitions adopted by reference. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state board of education election act." Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms defined in the state board of education act chapter 269 of the laws of 1968 shall have the same meaning when used in this act as is ascribed thereto in the state board of education act. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms defined in chapter 406 of the laws of 1968 shall have the same meaning when used in this act as is ascribed thereto in such act.History: L. 1968, ch. 157, § 1; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-1902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 19 - State Board Of Education Member Elections|25-1902 Time of elections.

25-1902. Time of elections. The primary and general elections of members of the state board shall be held at the same time as other primary and general election of state officers, and the first such election shall be in the year 1968.History: L. 1968, ch. 157, § 2; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-1903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 19 - State Board Of Education Member Elections|25-1903 Candidates; petition; declaration; filing fee; deadline.

25-1903. Candidates; petition; declaration; filing fee; deadline. (a) A person may become a candidate for election to the office of state board member by either one of the methods provided in this section. (1) Any person who is an elector of any board member district may petition to be a candidate for member of the state board from the board member district in which such person resides. Any such person shall file with the secretary of state a petition for the candidacy of such person signed by not less than 200 electors residing in such board member district. (2) Any person who is an elector of any board member district may become a candidate for member of the state board from the board member district in which such candidate resides by filing in the office of the secretary of state a declaration of intent to be such a candidate and payment of a filing fee in the amount of $25.(b) Any such petition or declaration of intent filed by a candidate to run in the primary election held in accordance with K.S.A. 25-203, and amendments thereto, shall be filed no later than 12:00 noon, June 10, prior to such primary election, or if such date falls on Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, then before 12:00 noon of the next following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday. Any such petition or declaration of intent filed by an independent candidate for the office of state board member shall be filed no later than 12:00 noon on the Monday preceding the date fixed for the holding of primary elections in accordance with K.S.A. 25-203, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1968, ch. 157, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 129, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 124, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-1905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 19 - State Board Of Education Member Elections|25-1905 Application of other laws.

25-1905. Application of other laws. Laws applicable to the election of other state officers shall apply to elections of members of the state board to the extent that the same are not in conflict with this act chapter 157 of the laws of 1968 or chapter 269 of the laws of 1968.History: L. 1968, ch. 157, § 5; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-1906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 19 - State Board Of Education Member Elections|25-1906 Terms of office.

25-1906. Terms of office. (a) The regular term of office of members of the state board shall be four (4) years. Regular terms shall commence on the second Monday in January following election of the state board member.(b) Of the members of the state board elected in the year 1968, five (5) shall have terms ending on the second Monday in January in 1971, and five (5) shall have terms ending on the second Monday in January in 1973. Members elected to board member positions 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 shall have the shorter terms and members elected to board member positions 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 shall have the longer terms.(c) Any member elected subsequent to 1968 shall be elected for a four-year term, unless such election is to fill the unexpired term where a vacancy has occurred on the board, in which case the member shall be elected for the two (2) years remaining of the unexpired term.(d) Members appointed to fill a vacancy in a board member position shall serve from time of appointment until the second Monday in January next following the election of a member to that board member position.History: L. 1968, ch. 157, § 6; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-2001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2001 Citation of school election act.

25-2001. Citation of school election act. This act, except K.S.A. 71-1413 and 71-1419, shall be known and may be cited as the "school election act."History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2002 Definitions; application.

25-2002. Definitions; application. As used in this act the words and phrases set out in K.S.A. 25-2003 to 25-2008 shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context requires a different meaning. Words and terms defined in chapter 406 of the laws of 1968 shall have the same meaning in this act as is ascribed thereto in such act. Words and terms in this act shall apply to the community junior college election act as amended by K.S.A. 71-1413 and 71-1419 only to the extent that the same are not in conflict therewith.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2003 Definitions; relating to board members.

25-2003. Definitions; relating to board members. (a) "Board" means the board of education of any unified school district.(b) "Board member" and "member" mean a member of a board of education of any unified school district.(c) "Holdover member" means a member, or an appointed successor to such member, whose term extends for any period before and two years after the July 1 following a change in method of election under this act.(d) "Member position" means one of the seven positions of members of the board of education when a district method is used, each member position, except the at-large member position, is numbered.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 185, § 1; April 13.
KS Stat § 25-2004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2004 Definitions; relating to member districts and method of election.

25-2004. Definitions; relating to member districts and method of election. (a) "Member district" means one of the subdistricts into which a school district is or may be divided for the purpose of election of board members.(b) "District method" means either a six district method, three district method, or two district method.(c) "Election at large method" means election of board members without member districts.(d) "Election at large" means an election at which all electors vote on all candidates.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2005 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2005 Definitions; plan of change and voting plan.

25-2005. Definitions; plan of change and voting plan. (a) "School district" means all of a school district or all of its territory.(b) "Plan of change" means a specific proposal to change the voting plan or the method of election, or both, in a school district.(c) "Voting plan" means one of the three voting plans described in this act. "Voting plan-A" is election at large in both primary and general elections. "Voting plan-B" is voting by a district method in the primary and by election at large in the general election. "Voting plan-C" is voting by a district method in both the primary and general elections.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2006 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2006 Definitions; primary and general elections.

25-2006. Definitions; primary and general elections. (a) "General election" means the election held for school officers on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years, and in the case of special elections of any school officers to fill vacancies, the election at which any such officer is finally elected.(b) "Primary election" means the election held on the first Tuesday in August of each odd-numbered year, and any other preliminary election at which part of the candidates for special election to any school office are eliminated by the process of the election but at which no officer is finally elected.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 157, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 39; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2007 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2007 Definitions; miscellaneous.

25-2007. Definitions; miscellaneous. (a) "Question submitted election" means any election at which a special question is to be voted on by the electors of the state or a part of them.(b) "County election officer" means:(1) The election commissioner of the home county of the school district if such county has an election commissioner;(2) the county clerk of the home county of the school district if the county does not have an election commissioner; and(3) the county clerk, or the election commissioner if there is one, of the county in which all or the greater part of the population is located in the case of a nonunified school district. In the event that doubt exists concerning which public officer is the county election officer under this subpart, the secretary of state shall specify such officer and such specification shall be conclusive.(c) "Filing deadline" means the deadline established in K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 7; L. 1973, ch. 161, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 157, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 40; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2008 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2008 Definitions; school officers and state board.

25-2008. Definitions; school officers and state board. (a) "School office" or "school officer" means members of the governing body of any school district.(b) "State board" means the state superintendent of public instruction until that office is abolished and thereafter the constitutional state board of education.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2009 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2009 Nonpartisan elections; application of other election laws.

25-2009. Nonpartisan elections; application of other election laws. (a) School elections shall be nonpartisan and laws applicable only to partisan elections shall not apply in such elections. All laws applicable to elections, the violation of which is a crime, shall be applicable to school elections.(b) Except as is provided in (a) above, laws applicable to county and city elections shall apply to school elections to the extent that the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this act. The provisions of this subsection (b) shall not apply to election notices.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 28; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2010 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2010 School district elections; conduct by county election officer; dates of primary and general elections specified.

25-2010. School district elections; conduct by county election officer; dates of primary and general elections specified. Election of board members and question submitted elections shall be conducted by the county election officer of the home county of the school district. Board member general elections shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years. A primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday in August of odd-numbered years.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 22; L. 1983, ch. 123, § 4; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 41; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2011 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2011 Correlation with other elections.

25-2011. Correlation with other elections. Primary and general school elections shall be conducted jointly with other elections held at the same time insofar as is practicable. Any election officer having responsibility for any other such election shall cooperate with the election officer of the school election, and if a difference arises which cannot be agreed upon, determination of the difference shall be made by the county election officer unless such difference involves a question the determination of which is provided by law to be made by the secretary of state. In addition to other differences which the secretary of state may resolve, he shall determine any matters which cannot be agreed upon locally by county election officers and which occur in relation to territory of a school district which is outside of its home county. Any determination of a difference made by the officer responsible under this section shall be conclusive.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 25; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2012 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2012 Canvass of election; certification of results.

25-2012. Canvass of election; certification of results. School elections shall be canvassed by election boards in other local elections insofar as is practicable, and where it is not practicable, the county election officer shall provide therefor by other appropriate means. The county election officer shall promptly certify to the state board the determination of election results made by the board of county canvassers. Upon completion of every school election canvass by the county board of canvassers, the names of the persons elected to a school office, together with a statement of the office to which each is so elected, shall promptly be certified by the county election officer to the clerk of each affected school district.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 29; L. 1973, ch. 162, § 1; March 16.
KS Stat § 25-2012a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2012a Same; when no votes cast, determination of person deemed elected.

25-2012a. Same; when no votes cast, determination of person deemed elected. Whenever at the general election of school officers of any school district no votes are cast and counted for one or more offices, and if there is one or more candidates for any such office, the county board of canvassers shall deem to be elected to such office the person indicated by the provisions of this section. In such a case, if there is only one candidate for the office, such candidate shall be deemed to be elected. In such a case, if there is more than one candidate, the county board of canvassers shall determine by lot the candidate deemed elected. The county board of canvassers shall issue a certificate of election to any candidate deemed to be elected under this section.History: L. 1970, ch. 140, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2014 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2014 Order of candidates' names on ballots.

25-2014. Order of candidates' names on ballots. Names of candidates appearing on the ballots in primary and general school elections shall be listed in order as provided in K.S.A. 25-212 and 25-610, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 26; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 42; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2014a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2014a Ballots in school elections; preparation.

25-2014a. Ballots in school elections; preparation. Ballots for primary and general school elections shall be prepared in such manner that each voter is instructed to vote for the same number of candidates as the number of positions to be filled for which the voter is qualified to vote. When the voter may vote for more than one candidate, such instruction shall also specify that the voter may vote for fewer than the total number for which the voter is qualified to vote.History: L. 1969, ch. 190, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 138, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 109, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2016 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2016 Voting machines.

25-2016. Voting machines. In counties using voting machines, the county election officer shall prepare labels and conduct elections provided for in this act in accordance with provisions of laws relating to voting machines to the extent that the same may be made applicable.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 34; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2017 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2017 Notice of school elections.

25-2017. Notice of school elections. Consistent with this act the county election officer shall prescribe the form of every publication notice applicable to any primary or general school election.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 27; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 43; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2017a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2017a Certification of school offices to be filled; certification of boundary changes and voting plans.

25-2017a. Certification of school offices to be filled; certification of boundary changes and voting plans. The clerk of the board of education of every school district shall certify to the county election officer of the home county of the school district a list of all school offices to be voted upon at each school election, any boundary changes of member districts since the last preceding election and the voting plan to be used as defined in K.S.A. 25-2005, and amendments thereto, not later than May 1 of each odd-numbered year. A copy of the above information shall be furnished to the county election officer of every county in which a part of the territory of the school district is located.History: L. 1970, ch. 140, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 138, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 44; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2019 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2019 Bond elections; frequency limitation.

25-2019. Bond elections; frequency limitation. No school district shall call or hold more than one special bond election at a time other than a general election or the election of board of education members within any one calendar year; nor shall any special bond election be held within sixty (60) days before or after a general election or election of members of the board of education of such district. The provisions of this act shall not prohibit the planning for or consideration of any bond election during the period between authorized bond elections, nor shall this act prohibit notice or other preparation for election during such period.The provisions of this act shall have no application to any capital outlay tax levy or election for authorization thereof. This act shall apply to every school district offering any of grades one to twelve and to community junior colleges.This section shall not apply to bond elections held for the purpose of replacing, or repairing and equipping school buildings or facilities destroyed or substantially damaged by fire, windstorm, flood or other casualty, if approval for such election is obtained from the state board of education.History: L. 1968, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 141, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-2021 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 20 - School District Elections|25-2021 Primary election, when required; write-in candidates.

25-2021. Primary election, when required; write-in candidates. (a) In school districts in which a member district method of election is in effect, if there are more than three qualified candidates for any member position in any member district, the county election officer shall call, and there shall be held, a primary election in each such member district. The names of the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for any member position at the primary election shall appear on the ballots in the general election. If there are three or fewer qualified candidates for any member position, there shall not be a primary election and the names of the candidates shall be placed on the ballots in the general election.(b) In school districts in which the election at large method of election is in effect, if there are more than three times the number of candidates as there are board members to be elected, the county election officer shall call, and there shall be held, a primary election. The names of twice the number of candidates as there are board members to be elected who received the greatest number of votes at the primary election shall appear on the ballots in the general election. If there are not more than three times the number of candidates as there are board members to be elected, there shall not be a primary election and the names of the candidates shall be placed on the ballots in the general election.(c) If a member is to be elected to fill an unexpired term, the office shall be listed separately on the ballots. If there are more than three candidates for such unexpired term, the county election officer shall call, and there shall be held, a primary election. The names of the two candidates for such unexpired term receiving the greatest number of votes shall appear on the ballots in the general election. If there are three or fewer qualified candidates for the unexpired term of any member position, there shall not be a primary election and the names of the candidates shall be placed on the ballots in the general election.(d) On the ballots in general school elections, blank lines for the names of write-in candidates shall be printed at the end of the list of candidates for each different office. The number of blank lines for such elected office shall be equal to the number to be elected thereto. The purpose of such blank lines shall be to permit the voter to insert the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom such voter desires to vote for such office. No lines for write-in candidates shall appear on primary school election ballots.History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 24; L. 1971, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 163, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 185, § 3; L. 2008, ch. 165, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 112, § 10; July 1.