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KS Stat § 25-3104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3104 Time of canvass of elections by county board; notice.

25-3104. Time of canvass of elections by county board; notice. The original canvass of every election shall be performed by the election boards at the voting places. The county election officer shall present the original returns, together with the ballots, books and any other records of the election, for the purpose of canvass, to the county board of canvassers at any time between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the Monday next following any election held on a Tuesday, except that the county election officer may move the canvass to any business day not later than 13 days following any election. Notice of the time and place of the canvass shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to the canvass. For elections not held on a Tuesday, the canvass by the county board of canvassers shall be held on a day and hour designated by it, and not later than the 13th day following the day of such election.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 43; L. 1975, ch. 215, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 130, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 56, § 18; L. 2018, ch. 116, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3105 Place of canvass of the elections by county board.

25-3105. Place of canvass of the elections by county board. Meetings of the county board of canvassers shall be held in the office of the county election officer unless a different place is agreed upon by the county board of canvassers and the county election officer and publicly announced by the county election officer.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 44; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-3106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3106 Preliminary abstracts, preparation by county election officer.

25-3106. Preliminary abstracts, preparation by county election officer. When returns of any election are received by the county election officer, he shall make a preliminary inspection of the abstracts and other records returned. The county election officer shall prepare a combined tabulation of the vote totals for each candidate and question submitted showing therein the votes at each voting place. Such tabulation shall be known as the preliminary final abstract of election returns, in the case of all elections for which the county board of canvassers make the final canvass. Such tabulation shall be called the preliminary intermediate abstract of election returns, in the case of all elections for which the county board of canvassers make an intermediate canvass.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 45; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-3108 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3108 Tie votes in elections of local officers.

25-3108. Tie votes in elections of local officers. (a) In any election for which the county board of canvassers makes the final canvass, if any two or more persons have a tie vote, such board shall determine by lot which person is nominated or elected, as the case may be. Reasonable notice shall be given to such persons of the time when such determination by lot will be made; if such persons or either of them shall fail to appear in accordance with such notice, the county board of canvassers shall proceed to make such determination in the absence of such persons.(b) A tie vote shall have occurred in the following cases:(1) In a primary election for any county or township office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office as candidate for the same party.(2) In a general election for any county or township office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office.(3) In the case of election to any city office determination of whether a tie has occurred shall be made by the county board of canvassers, and such determination shall be based upon statutes applicable to the particular city election and the number of votes received by the candidates.(4) In the case of election to any school office, determination of whether a tie has occurred shall be made by the county board of canvassers, and such determination shall be based upon statutes applicable to the particular school election and the number of votes received by the candidates.(5) In the case of a question submitted election a tie shall never be deemed to have occurred, and if there are the same number of "yes" votes and "no" votes, the "no" vote shall have prevailed unless otherwise provided by law.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 47; L. 1973, ch. 172, § 1; April 6.
KS Stat § 25-3109 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3109 Abstracts of county board of canvassers.

25-3109. Abstracts of county board of canvassers. (a) In every final canvass of election returns the county board of canvassers shall make final determination of the results of the election and enter the same in the final abstract of the election returns. Such abstracts shall be certified by the county board of canvassers and shall be deposited in the office of the county election officer as a permanent record.(b) In the case of a primary election for which the county board of canvassers makes the final canvass, the abstract shall specify the persons nominated for each office as a result of such primary.(c) In the case of a general election for which the county board of canvassers makes the final canvass, the abstract shall specify the persons elected to each office as a result of such general election.(d) In the case of question submitted election for which the county board of canvassers makes the final canvass, the abstract shall specify the result on each question submitted.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 48; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-3110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 31 - County Boards Of Canvassers|25-3110 Certificates of nomination and election.

25-3110. Certificates of nomination and election. When any final canvass of primary election returns has been completed by the county board of canvassers, the county election officer shall prepare and issue a certificate of nomination to each person nominated. When any final canvass of general election returns has been completed by the county board of canvassers, the county election officer shall prepare and issue a certificate of election for each person elected. Certificates of nomination shall specify with particularity the office to which the person has been nominated, and if the election is on a partisan basis, the political party of the candidate. Certificates of election shall specify with particularity the office to which the person has been elected. The secretary of state may prescribe by rules and regulations the form and content of certificates of nomination and certificates of election.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 51; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-3201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3201 State board of canvassers; membership.

25-3201. State board of canvassers; membership. The governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall constitute the state board of canvassers. Any two of such members may act for such board.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 34; R.S. 1923, 25-707; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 110; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 4; Jan. 13, 1975.
KS Stat § 25-3202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3202 Transmittal of intermediate canvass abstracts.

25-3202. Transmittal of intermediate canvass abstracts. Upon completion of any intermediate canvass the abstract, properly certified, shall be promptly transmitted to the secretary of state or such other officer as it is provided by law for the same to be transmitted. Every such transmittal shall be made by secure electronic transmission, registered mail or by a messenger designated by the county board of canvassers or the secretary of state.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 49; L. 2004, ch. 126, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3203 Abstract of intermediate canvass; transmittal to secretary of state; county recount notification requirements.

25-3203. Abstract of intermediate canvass; transmittal to secretary of state;  county recount notification requirements. If the secretary of state fails to receive the final abstract of the intermediate canvass of any national or state election from any county by the second Tuesday next after any election, the secretary shall dispatch a special messenger to obtain a copy of the same, and the county election officer shall immediately, on demand of such messenger, make out and deliver to such messenger the copy required. Thereupon, the messenger shall deliver such copy to the secretary of state without delay. The expenses of such messenger shall be paid by the secretary of state, and the secretary of state shall be reimbursed therefor by such county.Any county conducting a recount pursuant to K.S.A. 25-3107, and amendments thereto, shall notify the secretary of state of the recount and shall set a date, subject to approval by the secretary of state, when the county election officer shall submit the intermediate abstract of the county to the secretary of state.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 50; L. 1992, ch. 237, § 6; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 56, § 17; Jan. 1, 2012.
KS Stat § 25-3204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3204 Tabulation of abstracts by secretary of state; preservation.

25-3204. Tabulation of abstracts by secretary of state; preservation. The secretary of state, upon the receipt of the abstracts of the votes in national and state primary and general elections shall proceed to open the same, and shall tabulate the vote by counties and districts in a suitable manner for permanent record and shall carefully preserve in his or her office said abstracts.History: R.S. 1923, 25-708; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 111; L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3205 Final canvass of primary election of national and state officers; publication of certified list of candidates; certificates of nomination to candidates; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct.

25-3205. Final canvass of primary election of national and state officers; publication of certified list of candidates; certificates of nomination to candidates; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct. (a) The state board of canvassers shall be the board of canvassers for the final canvass of the primary election of national and state officers. Provisions of law relating to the canvass of the national and state general elections shall, as far as applicable, apply to the canvass and certification of the secretary of state of the primary elections. The state board of canvassers shall meet at the office of the secretary of state on the call of the secretary of state as soon as convenient after the tabulation of the returns is made. The meeting shall be called not later than September 1 next following the election, except when the date falls on Sunday, then not later than the next following day which is not a legal holiday, and may recess from time to time until the final canvass is completed.As soon as the final canvass of the primary election shall be completed, the secretary of state shall publish in the Kansas register a certified statement of the candidates for the presidential electors, United States senator, representatives in congress and all state officers or so many of the officers as may have been voted for at the election. On the fourth day after the completion of such final canvass or as soon as practicable thereafter, the secretary of state shall mail to each candidate found by the state board of canvassers to be duly nominated a certificate of nomination, showing the name of the candidate, the party by whom nominated and the office for which the candidate is nominated as specified in the nomination papers and determined by the state board of canvassers.(b) The secretary of state shall publish on the official secretary of state website results by precinct for all federal offices, statewide offices and for state legislative offices not later than 30 days after the final canvass of the primary election is complete.History: R.S. 1923, 25-218; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 81; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 10; L. 1992, ch. 237, § 7; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 8; L. 2018, ch. 88, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3206 Canvass of state and national general elections; canvass of statewide question submitted election; result certified to secretary of state; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct.

25-3206. Canvass of state and national general elections; canvass of statewide question submitted election; result certified to secretary of state; publication on secretary of state website of certain election results by precinct. (a) The state board of canvassers shall make the final canvass of national and state primary and general elections. The board shall also make the final canvass of elections upon constitutional amendments and all questions submitted to election on a statewide basis, including questions on retention in office of justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals and judges of the district court.(b) For the purpose of canvassing elections specified in subsection (a), the state board of canvassers shall meet on the call of the secretary of state, in the secretary's office, as soon as convenient after the tabulation of the returns is made. In the case of general elections, the meeting shall be called not later than December 1 next following the election, except when the date falls on Sunday, then not later than the following day, and may recess from time to time until the canvass is completed.(c) The state board of canvassers shall, upon the abstracts on file in the office of secretary of state, proceed to make final canvass of any election for officers specified in subsection (a). The state board of canvassers shall certify a statement which shall show the names of the persons receiving votes for any of the offices, and the whole number received by each, distinguishing the districts and counties in which they were voted.(d) The state board of canvassers shall, upon the abstracts on file in the office of the secretary of state, proceed to make final canvass and determination of the result of statewide question submitted elections. The state board of canvassers shall certify a statement of the number of votes on each question and the result thereof.(e) The state board of canvassers shall certify such statements to be correct, and the members shall subscribe their names thereto, and the board shall determine what persons have been elected to such offices and the members shall endorse and subscribe on the statement a certificate of the determination and deliver them to the secretary of state.(f) The secretary of state shall publish on the official secretary of state website election results by precinct for all federal offices, statewide offices and for legislative offices not later than 30 days after the final canvass of the general election results.History: R.S. 1923, 25-711; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 112; L. 1981, ch. 170, § 1; L. 2018, ch. 88, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3208 Tie votes in state and national elections.

25-3208. Tie votes in state and national elections. (a) In any election for which the state board of canvassers makes the final canvass, if any two or more persons have a tie vote, such board shall determine by lot which person is nominated or elected, as the case may be, except in general election of the governor and lieutenant governor. Reasonable notice shall be given to such persons of the time any such determination by lot will be made; if such persons or either of them shall fail to appear in accordance with such notice, the state board of canvassers shall proceed to make such determination in the absence of such persons.(b) A tie vote shall have occurred in the following cases:(1) In a primary election for any national or state office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office as candidate for the same party.(2) In a general election for any national or state office, if any two or more persons have an equal number of votes and more than any other person for the same office.(3) In the case of election to any national office determination of whether a tie has occurred shall be made and such determination shall be based upon any federal statutes applicable to the particular national office, if there be any such federal statutes, and in all other respects according to this section.(4) In the case of a constitutional amendment or other question submitted election a tie shall never be deemed to have occurred, and if there are the same number of "yes" votes and "no" votes, the "no" votes shall have prevailed, except in the case of a question upon the retention of a justice of the supreme court.History: L. 1968, ch. 406, § 53; April 30.
KS Stat § 25-3209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3209 Tie vote for governor and lieutenant governor; determination by legislature.

25-3209. Tie vote for governor and lieutenant governor; determination by legislature. If any two or more pairs of candidates running together have an equal number of votes for the same office and a higher number than any other pair of candidates running together in a general election for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the two houses shall, by joint ballot, determine the election. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall deposit in the office of the secretary of state a certificate showing what persons have been elected to fill said offices.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 41; R.S. 1923, 25-715; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 115; L. 1973, ch. 153, § 23; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3210 Report to legislature by secretary of state.

25-3210. Report to legislature by secretary of state. At the time fixed for convening of each regular session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall report to each house the list of members elected thereto, with the districts each represents, in accordance with determinations of the state board of canvassers. Such report shall also make a statement of any ties to be determined by the legislature as provided in K.S.A. 25-3209.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 40; R.S. 1923, 25-714; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 114; L. 1975, ch. 270, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 25-3211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 32 - State Board Of Canvassers|25-3211 Election records of secretary of state; certificates of election; publication of election results.

25-3211. Election records of secretary of state; certificates of election; publication of election results. (a) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record, each certified statement and determination as made by the state board of canvassers.(b) The secretary of state shall record and file as a permanent record any certificates received from officers of the legislature under K.S.A. 25-3209.(c) The secretary of state shall without delay make out and transmit a certificate of election, under the seal of office of the secretary of state, to each of the persons declared to be elected.(d) The secretary of state shall cause a statement of the determinations made of elections by both the state board of canvassers and the legislature to be published in the Kansas register.History: R.S. 1923, 25-713; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 113; L. 1975, ch. 270, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 11; Jan. 1, 1982.
KS Stat § 25-3301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 25 - Elections|Article 33 - Party Affiliation Of Voters|25-3301 Eligibility to vote, partisan primaries; party affiliation list for voting areas and advance voting ballot, application; declaration of affiliation at polls; receipt only of ballot of voter's party; preservation of affiliation statements.

25-3301. Eligibility to vote, partisan primaries; party affiliation list for voting areas and advance voting ballot, application; declaration of affiliation at polls; receipt only of ballot of voter's party; preservation of affiliation statements. (a) Each registered voter of this state who has declared a party affiliation as provided in this section or in K.S.A. 25-3304, and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to vote at every partisan primary election.(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) 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.(e) 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; L. 2014, ch. 2, § 2; July 1.