25-2422. Unauthorized voting disclosure. (a) Unauthorized voting disclosure is, while being charged with any election duty, intentionally:
(1) Disclosing or exposing the contents of any ballot, whether cast in a regular or provisional manner, or the name of any voter who cast such ballot, except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction in an election contest pursuant to K.S.A. 25-1434 et seq., and amendments thereto; or
(2) inducing or attempting to induce any voter to show how the voter marks or has marked the voter's ballot.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the disclosure of the names of persons who have voted advance ballots.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit authorized poll agents from observing elections as authorized by K.S.A. 25-3004, 25-3005 and 25-3005a, and amendments thereto.
(d) Unauthorized voting disclosure is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
History: L. 1974, ch. 157, § 16; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 208; L. 2013, ch. 101, § 1; L. 2018, ch. 87, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
25-2407 Corrupt political advertising; penalty.
25-2410 Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers.
25-2413 Disorderly election conduct.
25-2414 Possessing false or forged election supplies.
25-2415 Intimidation of voters.
25-2416 Voting without being qualified.
25-2417 Bribery of an election official.
25-2418 Bribe acceptance by an election official.
25-2419 Misconduct of an election officer.
25-2420 Election fraud by an election officer.
25-2421a Voter registration suppression.
25-2422 Unauthorized voting disclosure.
25-2424 False impersonation as party officer.
25-2426 Printing and circulating imitation ballots.
25-2427 Marking ballots to identify.
25-2428 Destruction of election supplies.
25-2429 Destruction of election papers.
25-2431 False impersonation of a voter.
25-2432 Forfeiture of office or employment upon conviction.
25-2433 Advance voting suppression.
25-2434 Voting more than once.