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 a
25-604
25-604. Printing of ballots; receipt by county election officers;inspection by candidates and agents; mistakes; sample ballots and lists ofcandidates and questions, distribution and charges; rules and regulations bysecretary of state; delivery of ballots to supervising judges, time andpackaging.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the county electionofficers shall have charge of the printing of the ballots for all elections,primary, special and general.
(b) The secretary of state may provide for the printing of all or anyportion of the ballots for a presidential preference primary election. Thesecretary of state shall determine, with the advice of the director ofprinting, the most efficient manner in which to print ballots for apresidential preference primary election for any county in the state ofKansas.
(c) Nothing in this subsection shall apply to the printing of ballot labelsfor use on voting machines.
The ballots shall be printed on paper of sufficient strength as not to bepunctured by ordinary pencil marking. Ballots shall be put in the possession ofthe county election officer at least five days before the election, accompaniedby sufficient number, not to exceed 50 for each precinct or area, of exactcopies of such ballots, printed on paper of any color, except white, asauthorized by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of state, for theinspection of candidates and their agents and for distribution through each ofthe party organizations. If any mistakes are discovered they shall be correctedwithout delay.County election officers may also obtain and distribute ballots or lists ofcandidates and other questions to be voted upon on paper of any colorauthorized by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of state stamped"SAMPLE BALLOT" in large letters, and these ballots, lists of candidates andother questions to be voted upon shall be used for educational purposes and thedistribution shall be for such purpose.The county election officersshallcause to be delivered to the supervising judges, not less than 12 hours beforethe time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, a number of properlyprinted ballots fully sufficient to meet the demands and needs of all thevoters. Such ballots shall be put in separate sealed packages of 25, 50 or 100ballots each, with marks on the outside clearly designating the voting placefor which they are intended and the number of ballots enclosed. The countyelection officer shall retain at the county election office an additionalsupply of ballots to meet any emergency need for such ballots that might arisefrom loss or destruction of ballots, enlarged vote or any other legitimatecause.The county election officer may make a charge for all sample ballots, listsand materials distributed in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of thematerials, printing and the distribution thereof.
History: L. 1893, ch. 78, § 15; L. 1897, ch. 129, § 15; L. 1903,ch. 229, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 134, §§ 1 to 8; L. 1921, ch. 183, § 1;R.S. 1923, 25-604; L. 1949, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 203, § 1; L. 1968,ch. 406, § 107; L. 1975, ch. 207, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 139, § 1; L. 1980,ch. 108, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 154, § 7; L. 1985, ch. 120, § 1; L. 1992,ch. 6, § 2;L. 1993, ch. 74, § 1; July 1.