2006 Kansas Code - 71-1419

      71-1419.   Elections to be nonpartisan; application of other laws; canvass. (a) The election of trustees of community colleges shall be nonpartisan and laws applicable only to partisan elections shall not apply in such elections. All laws applicable to elections, the violation of which is a crime, shall be applicable to election of trustees of community colleges.

      (b)   Except as is provided in (a) above, laws applicable to local elections, including voter registration laws, occurring at the same time as election of trustees shall apply to the election of trustees to the extent that the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this act. The provisions of this subsection (b) shall not apply to election notices.

      (c)   Ballots for election of trustees shall be canvassed by the members of election boards canvassing ballots in other local elections insofar as is practicable, and where it is not practicable, the county election officer shall provide for such canvass by other appropriate means.

      History:   L. 1967, ch. 407, § 16; L. 1968, ch. 59, § 44; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 80; July 1.