25-2435. Prosecution of election crimes. (a) Independent authority to prosecute any person who has committed or attempted to commit any act that constitutes a Kansas elections crime defined in K.S.A. 25-1128, and amendments thereto, or article 24 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be vested in:
(1) The district attorney or county attorney of the county where such act occurred;
(2) the Kansas attorney general; or
(3) the Kansas secretary of state.
(b) If one of the officers listed in subsection (a) has commenced the prosecution of a person who has committed or attempted to commit any act that constitutes a Kansas election crime, the other officers listed in subsection (a) may provide assistance to the prosecuting officer but shall not commence a separate prosecution.
History: L. 2015, ch. 87, ยง 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.