2006 Kansas Code - 25-4409

      25-4409.   Same; units; ballot arrangements; voting squares; printing; candidate rotation; special write-in ballots; duties of election officers and judges. (a) In any voting area where electronic or electromechanical voting systems are used, the county election officer shall provide an adequate number of units of the systems to allow all voters expected by the county election officer to vote at such voting place.

      (b)   The ballot information, whether placed on the ballot or on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots except that such information may be in vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate pages. Ballots for all questions must be provided in the same manner and where ballots are placed in a marking device, they must be arranged on or in the marking device in the places provided for such purpose. Voting squares may be before or after the names of candidates and statements of questions, and shall be of such size as is compatible with the type of system used. Ballots and ballot labels shall be printed in as plain clear type and size as the ballot spaces will reasonably permit. Tear-off stubs shall be of a size suitable for the ballots or ballot cards used and for the requirements of the marking device. Where candidate rotation is used, each type of ballot within a voting area shall be of the same rotation series. The ballots or ballot cards may contain special printed marks and holes as required for proper positioning and reading of the ballots by the automatic tabulating equipment.

      (c)   A separate write-in ballot, which may be in the form of a paper ballot, card or envelope in which the elector places his or her ballot card after voting, shall be provided where necessary to permit electors to write in the names of persons whose names are not on the ballot.

      (d)   The county election officer shall cause the marking devices to be put in order, set, adjusted and made ready for voting when delivered to the election precincts. Before the opening of the polls the election judges shall compare the ballots or ballot labels with the sample ballots furnished, and see that the names, numbers and letters thereon agree and shall certify thereto on forms provided for this purpose. The certification shall be filed with the election returns.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 129, § 9; Jan. 1, 1979.