Kansas Statutes
Article 44 - Electronic And Electromechanical Voting Systems
25-4401 Electronic and electromechanical voting systems; definitions.

25-4401. Electronic and electromechanical voting systems; definitions. As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Ballot" may include an electronic display or printed document containing the offices and questions on which voters in a specified voting area are eligible to vote.
(b) "Counting location" means the location in the county selected by the county election officer for the counting of ballots.
(c) "Electronic or electromechanical voting system" means a system of casting votes and tabulating ballots employing automatic tabulating equipment or data processing equipment including a direct recording electronic system.
(d) "Direct recording electronic system" means a system that records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical components that can be activated by the voter, that processes data by means of a computer program, that records voting data and ballot images in memory components, that produces a tabulation of the voting data stored in a removable memory component and as printed copy, and that may also provide a means for transmitting individual ballots or vote totals to a central location for consolidating and reporting results from precincts at the central location.
History: L. 1977, ch. 129, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 158, § 14; L. 2007, ch. 125, § 10; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 25 - Elections

Article 44 - Electronic And Electromechanical Voting Systems

25-4401 Electronic and electromechanical voting systems; definitions.

25-4402 Same; purchase, lease or rent and use by county.

25-4403 Same; county commission and election officer may authorize; issuance of bonds; abandonment of system, when; direct recording electronic system acquisition prohibited; electronic or electromechanical voting system requirements for acquisition.

25-4404 Same; certification by secretary of state; statement required.

25-4405 Same; examination of system by secretary of state; fee; review of existing system; notice and hearing; changes may be required; rescinding approval; testing systems and equipment.

25-4406 Same; mandatory requirements for electronic or electromechanical systems approved.

25-4407 Same; acquisition of systems.

25-4408 Same; storage, repair, delivery to voting places and return to storage.

25-4409 Same; ballot arrangement and display of information; candidate rotation; duties of election judges.

25-4410 Same; procedures for voting on paper ballots applicable to systems; sample ballots; instructions and assistance to voters.

25-4411 Same; vote tabulation equipment; testing; notice; conditions of test; error correction; securing and retention of equipment, programs and ballots.

25-4412 Same; securing voting systems against voting after polls closed; counting ballots or envelopes; checking against poll book; write-in votes; sealing of ballots and delivery to judges; duties of election officer and election board members at co...

25-4413 Same; recount of ballots.

25-4414 Electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud; penalty.

25-4415 Rules and regulations.

25-4416 Title.