2006 Kansas Code - 25-4601

      25-4601.   Definitions. As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Ballot" means a paper ballot of at least three inches in width and seven inches in depth on which candidates' names or questions are printed and are designed to receive opaque marks which can be detected by optical scanning equipment and which are capable of being counted manually.

      (b)   "Counting location" means the location or locations in the county selected by the county election officer for the automatic processing or counting, or both, of ballots.

      (c)   "Optical scanning equipment" means apparatus designed to examine and detect opaque marks on ballots which represent votes and count and tabulate those votes by electronic methods.

      (d)   "System" means an optical scanning system of automatically counting and tabulating ballots with optical scanning equipment.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 158, § 1; April 29.