Kansas Statutes
Article 24 - Election Crimes
25-2436 Transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting receipt and expenditure of certain moneys by election officials; penalty.

25-2436. Transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting receipt and expenditure of certain moneys by election officials; penalty. (a) The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Election official" means any county election officer or the chief state election official, as such terms are defined in K.S.A. 25-2504, and amendments thereto, and any officer or employee of such election official.
(2) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, company, organization, political party, political committee or any other private entity.
(c) No election official shall knowingly accept or expend any moneys, directly or indirectly, from any person, except as provided in any acts of appropriation or as otherwise provided by law, for any expenditures related to conducting, funding or otherwise facilitating the administration of an election pursuant to law.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Any moneys collected by an election official from the payment of fees or assessed costs as required by law; or
(2) any moneys received as campaign contributions for any candidate for the office of county clerk.
(e) A violation of this section is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
History: L. 2021, ch. 96, § 1; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 25 - Elections

Article 24 - Election Crimes

25-2407 Corrupt political advertising; penalty.

25-2408 Definitions.

25-2409 Election bribery.

25-2410 Bribery to induce signing of nomination papers.

25-2411 Election perjury.

25-2412 Election forgery.

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.

25-2421 Election suppression.

25-2421a Voter registration suppression.

25-2422 Unauthorized voting disclosure.

25-2423 Election tampering.

25-2424 False impersonation as party officer.

25-2425 Voting machine fraud.

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.

25-2430 Electioneering.

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.

25-2435 Prosecution of election crimes.

25-2436 Transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting receipt and expenditure of certain moneys by election officials; penalty.

25-2437 Transmission or delivery of advance voting ballots on behalf of another voter; sworn statement required; limitations; penalties.

25-2438 False representation of an election official.