25-613. Candidates' names on ballots; party designation; city of residence; name on ballot more than once, when. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the name of each candidate shall be printed on the ballot only once and no name that is printed on the ballot shall be written elsewhere on the ballot. If a person is a candidate for the unexpired term for an office such person's name may be printed on the same ballot as a candidate of the same political party for the next regular term for such office. Also, a person may be an independent candidate for the unexpired term for an office and an independent candidate for the next regular term for such office, and the person's name may be printed for both candidacies on the same official general ballot. To the name of each candidate for a state office shall be added the name of the city in which the candidate resides. To the names of pairs of candidates running for governor and lieutenant governor shall be added the name of the city in which or near which each resides. To the name of each candidate for any national, state, county or township offices shall be added the person's political party or political designation in accordance with the nomination papers of the person.
History: L. 1973, ch. 153, § 20; L. 1977, ch. 132, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 165, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 118, § 13; 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.