Kansas Statutes
Article 14 - Contest Of Elections
25-1436 Grounds for contest.

25-1436. Grounds for contest. Any contest of election to which K.S.A. 25-1435, and amendments thereto, applies shall be brought on any one or more of the following grounds:
(a) The person to whom a certificate of election was issued was ineligible to hold such office at the time of the election;
(b) some voters were deprived of the right of voting for a candidate or on a question submitted, when such voters had the right under the election laws of this state to vote thereon, and such deprival could change the result of the election;
(c) illegal votes were received or legal votes were rejected which could change the result of the election;
(d) error or fraud occurred in computing the results of the election which could change the result of the election;
(e) the person to whom the certificate of election was issued offered or gave, or caused to be offered or given, a bribe to any person charged by law with any election duty, for the purpose of procuring such person's election; or
(f) any other cause which shows that another was the person to whom the certificate of election for such office should have been issued.
History: L. 1978, ch. 138, § 3; L. 1985, ch. 121, § 1; March 28.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 25 - Elections

Article 14 - Contest Of Elections

25-1434 Application of act; definitions.

25-1435 Who may contest elections.

25-1436 Grounds for contest.

25-1437 Contests of persons elected to an office; designation of contestant and contestee; filing of notice of contest; contents.

25-1438 Contests of question submitted elections; filing of notice of contest; contents.

25-1439 Time for filing notice of contest; copy of notice to election official.

25-1440 Contest of question submitted elections; designation of contestee; copy of notice of contest to contestee.

25-1441 Service of notice of contest.

25-1442 Contests involving state senators and members of house of representatives; district judge to hear contest; dismissals.

25-1443 Contests of statewide question submitted elections; three-member district judge panel; assignment by supreme court.

25-1444 Contestee's answer to notice of contest.

25-1445 Intervenors in contest.

25-1446 Procedure for court proceedings in the election contest.

25-1447 Inspection of ballots and voting machines; procedure; bond.

25-1448 Final determination of contest of person elected to office; disposition by court; applicability of section.

25-1449 Final determination of contest of question submitted elections; disposition by court.

25-1450 Appeals; procedure.

25-1451 Final determination of contest of state representatives and senators; procedure before legislative body.

25-1452 Costs of contests of elections.