25-611. Arrangement of offices on official general ballots; municipal offices, rules and regulations. (a) The arrangement of offices on the official general ballot for national and state offices for those offices to be elected shall be in the following order: Names of candidates for the offices of president and vice-president, United States senator, United States representative ____________ district, governor and lieutenant governor running together, secretary of state, attorney general, (and any other officers elected from the state as a whole), state senator ______ district, state representative _____ district, district judge ________ district, district magistrate judge ____ district, district attorney ________ judicial district, and state board of education member __________ district.
(b) The arrangement of offices on the official general ballot for county township offices for those offices to be elected shall be in the following order: Names of candidates for county commissioner ______ district, county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, county attorney, sheriff, township trustee, township treasurer and township clerk.
(c) The secretary of state by rules and regulations adopted on or before July 1, 2016, shall develop the order of arrangement of municipal offices on the general election ballot in odd-numbered year elections.
History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 18; L. 1976, ch. 181, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 165, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 73; L. 2001, ch. 81, § 4; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 35; 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.