19-204b. Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed. (a) The board of county commissioners of Sherman county may provide for the election of county commissioners in accordance with this section. The procedure for the election of county commissioners shall be adopted by resolution in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 19-204, and amendments thereto. The resolution shall be in substantial compliance with the provisions of subsection (b). Any county commissioner whose term has not expired by the time the resolution has been adopted by the voters of Sherman county, Kansas, shall continue to serve until a successor county commissioner is elected.
(b) (1) Each county commissioner shall run at large. Each candidate for county commissioner may reside anywhere within Sherman county, Kansas.
(2) All electors who are otherwise qualified according to law and who reside in Sherman county, Kansas, may vote in both the primary and general election for each county commissioner being elected. Each candidate shall file for the office of county commissioner in the manner provided by law. Elections for the office of county commissioner shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of article 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as provided in this section, and amendments thereto.
(3) (A) Primary elections under this section shall be conducted on a partisan basis. In the primary election, each qualified voter shall be allowed to vote for the same number of candidates as the number of county commissioners being elected. For each county commissioner being elected, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall appear on the ballot in the general election.
(B) No person shall be permitted to cast more than one vote for any specific candidate.
(4) In the general election, each qualified voter shall be allowed to vote for the same number of candidates as the number of county commissioners being elected. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office of county commissioner being elected shall be deemed to have been elected to such office.
(c) (1) The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2010, unless the qualified voters of Sherman county, Kansas, elect to adopt the provisions of this section prior to such date.
(2) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the resolution submitted to the voters pursuant to this section who reside within the corporate limits of the city of Goodland, Kansas, and a majority of the qualified electors voting on such resolution who reside outside of the corporate limits of the city of Goodland, Kansas, vote in favor thereof, the resolution shall be implemented in the manner provided by the resolution. If a majority of the electors who reside within the corporate limits of the city of Goodland, Kansas or a majority of the qualified electors who reside outside of the corporate limits of the city of Goodland, Kansas, vote against such resolution, the proposed resolution shall not be implemented.
History: L. 2009, ch. 134, ยง 2; May 28.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
Article 2 - County Commissioners
19-201 Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception.
19-202 Commissioners; residence requirements; term; filling vacancies; charter counties, exceptions.
19-204a Change in number of districts, when; procedure if board fails to act.
19-204b Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed.
19-206 Meetings of board; when.
19-208 Allowance of claims monthly.
19-209 Meetings of board in counties of over 50,000.
19-212 Powers of board of commissioners.
19-212a Withholding from salaries to provide for certain insurance for employees, when.
19-212b Same; prior action confirmed.
19-212f Establishment or participation in weather modification programs; expenditures.
19-214 Awarding of certain contracts; public lettings; bond; exemptions.
19-215 Same; notice of letting contracts; bids.
19-216 Same; plans and specifications for work.
19-216a Contracts for bridges damaged or destroyed by disaster.
19-216b Alternative project delivery building construction procurement act.
19-216d Same; criteria for use.
19-216e Same; procedure, construction management at-risk.
19-216f Same; procedure, building design-build projects.
19-216g Proposals; open for public inspection.
19-217 New townships; area and population; petition; notice.
19-218 Seal of board of commissioners; open meetings; order of business.
19-219 Organization of board; chairman, vacancy; charter counties, exception.
19-220 Powers and duties of chairman.
19-223 Appeals to district court; notice; bond.
19-224 Duties of clerk on appeal; procedure.
19-225 Supplies for county officers; official seals.
19-227 Annual financial statement; publication.
19-228 Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances.
19-229 Control of expenditures.
19-230 Plat and record of new or altered township.
19-232 Unauthorized fees or costs; action to recover; penalty and attorney's fee.
19-233 Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond of commissioner, approval, filing.
19-236 Emergency expenses; no-fund warrants; tax levies; limitations.
19-236a Civil defense in certain counties; tax levy, use of proceeds.
19-241 County charges and expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds.
19-242 Unlawful allowances; issuance of warrants or warrant checks for more than allowed.
19-243 Violation of 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty.
19-247 Duties of county counselor.
19-248 Effect of act on office of county attorney.
19-250 Reproduction and preservation of public records, other than court records; minimum standards.
19-251 Same; equipment and facilities; operation.
19-252 Same; deemed original record; evidence; transcript.
19-264 Counties over 150,000; petty cash funds, limitation; uses.
19-265 Same; expenditure limitations; fund for redemption of unsold fish and game licenses.
19-266 Same; monthly statement of payments from fund to county clerk; restoration.
19-268 Pay periods for county employees.
19-269 Powers of board of commissioners; travel policy; advancement of expenses.