25-125. Prohibition on modification of election laws; legislative coordinating council approval required for election law litigation agreements entered into by secretary of state. (a) The governor shall not have any authority to modify election laws or procedures by issuance of an executive order.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), neither the executive branch nor the judicial branch of state government shall have any authority to modify the state election laws.
(c) The secretary of state shall not enter into any consent decree or other agreement with any state or federal court regarding the enforcement of any election law or the alteration of any election procedure without specific approval of such consent decree by the legislative coordinating council.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise restrict the judicial branch of state government in the exercise of any powers granted by article 3 of the constitution of the state of Kansas.
(e) If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the section that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this section are severable.
History: L. 2021, ch. 97, ยง 1; January 1, 2022.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions
25-101 Time for general elections; officers to be elected; vacancies.
25-101a Same; state officers elected every four years; qualifications.
25-101b Election and term of state treasurer.
25-106 Hours of voting; change of hours, how made; rules and regulations.
25-108 Residence of public officers and employees.
25-111 Justices of the supreme court.
25-113 Votes for persons who are justices of the supreme court or judges of district courts.
25-116 Certain political parties barred.
25-117 Same; affidavit of newly organized party; filing.
25-119 Election and registration expenses, how paid; counties without election commissioner.
25-120 Election expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds.
25-123 Election to more than one office; incompatible offices.
25-124 Training of county election officers; duties of secretary of state.
25-131 Severability clause for 2021 House Bill No. 2183, L. 2021, chapter 96.