Kansas Statutes
Article 6 - Official Ballots
25-611 Arrangement of offices on official general ballots; municipal offices, rules and regulations.

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

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.