Kansas Statutes
Article 6 - Official Ballots
25-601 Specifications for official general ballots.

25-601. Specifications for official general ballots. The secretary of state shall prescribe the ballot format but ballots shall contain the information required by this section and be substantially in the form set out in this section. The official general ballot for national, state, county and township offices may be printed upon one ballot. All official general ballots shall be printed in black ink on paper through which the printing or writing cannot be read. Such ballots shall be printed on white paper or paper colored as authorized by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of state.
On the back or outside of each official general ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words "official general ballot," followed by the words "national, state, county and township offices," followed by the voting place for which the ballot is prepared and the date of the election. No person's name shall appear on the back or outside of a ballot. All nominations made and certified as provided by law, and none other, shall be printed on the official general ballot. The names of candidates for every office to be voted for at the general election shall be arranged under the office to which each has been nominated.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-601; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 104; L. 1973, ch. 151, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 165, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 291, § 1; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 25 - Elections

Article 6 - Official Ballots

25-601 Specifications for official general ballots.

25-604 Printing of ballots; receipt by county election officers; inspection by candidates and agents; mistakes; sample ballots and lists of candidates and questions, distribution and charges; rules and regulations by secretary of state; delivery of b...

25-605 Ballot form for constitutional amendments.

25-605a Ballot language, phrasing.

25-606 Printing and posting of constitutional amendment resolution.

25-607 Copies of constitutional amendment resolutions.

25-610 Official general ballots for national, state and municipal offices; form; rotation of names of candidates; duties of secretary of state; rules and regulations.

25-611 Arrangement of offices on official general ballots; municipal offices, rules and regulations.

25-612 Arrangement of names of candidates upon ballot; blank spaces for write-in.

25-613 Candidates' names on ballots; party designation; city of residence; name on ballot more than once, when.

25-614 Marking ballots; directions; ballot rotation in voting machine counties.

25-615 Official general ballot; offices of president and vice-president; names of candidates and ballot format.

25-616 Form for national offices part of official general ballot.

25-617 State offices part of official general ballot, form.

25-618 Official general ballot for county and township offices; ballot format; municipal general ballot style, rules and regulations.

25-619 Names on ballots not to be accompanied by prefix or suffix; exception.

25-620 Ballot form for propositions or questions, except constitutional amendments.

25-621 Ballot form for proposition on method of selection of judge of district court.

25-622 Ballot distribution in times of disasters or emergencies.

25-623 Ballot language statements; duties of secretary of state, attorney general; liability of preparer; rules and regulations.