2006 Kansas Code - 25-1310

      25-1310.   Voting machine requirements. A kind or make of voting machine approved by the secretary of state:

      (1)   Must be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the candidates for nomination or election of at least seven different political parties or organizations;

      (2)   must permit a voter to vote for any person for any office although not nominated as a candidate by any political party or organization;

      (3)   must provide for voting on constitutional amendments, propositions or questions;

      (4)   must be so constructed that as to primaries where candidates are nominated by political parties it can be so locked from the outside that the voter can vote only for the candidates of the political party with which such voter is affiliated or, if not affiliated, according to such voter's declaration when applying to vote;

      (5)   must be so constructed as to prevent voting for more than one person for the same office except where the voter is lawfully entitled to vote for more than one person for that office;

      (6)   must afford the voter an opportunity to vote for any or all persons for an office as such voter is by law entitled to vote for and no more, and at the same time preventing such voter from voting for the same person twice for the same office;

      (7)   must be so constructed that in presidential elections the presidential electors of any political party for presidential and vice-presidential candidates may be voted upon at the same time;

      (8)   must provide facilities for "write-in" votes;

      (9)   must provide for voting in absolute secrecy in voting, except as to persons entitled to assistance;

      (10)   must be so constructed as to accurately account for every vote cast upon it;

      (11)   be provided with a "protective counter" or "protective device" whereby any operation of the machine before or after the election will be detected;

      (12)   be provided with a counter which will show at all times during the election how many persons have voted; and

      (13)   be provided with a mechanical model illustrating the manner of voting on the machine, suitable for the instruction of voters.

      Voting machines approved by the state executive council shall continue on the approved list of voting machines.

      History:   L. 1957, ch. 233, § 4; L. 1974, ch. 161, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 139, § 5; July 1.