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
25-601 Specifications for official general ballots.
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.
25-611 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.
25-614 Marking ballots; directions; ballot rotation in voting machine counties.
25-616 Form for national offices part of official general ballot.
25-617 State offices part of official general ballot, form.
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.