2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 25 ELECTIONS
Article 11 ADVANCE VOTING
25-1128. Advance voting; unlawful acts and penalties.

25-1128

Chapter 25.--ELECTIONS Article 11.--ADVANCE VOTING

      25-1128.   Advance voting; unlawful acts and penalties. (a) No voter shall mark or transmit to the county election officer more than one advance voting ballot, or set of one of each kind of ballot, if the voter is entitled to vote more than one such ballot at a particular election.

      (b)   Except as provided in K.S.A. 25-1124, and amendments thereto, no person shall interfere with or delay the transmission of any advance voting ballot application from a voter to the county election officer, nor shall any person mail, fax or otherwise cause the application to be sent to a place other than the county election office. Any person or group engaged in the distribution of advance voting ballot applications shall mail, fax or otherwise deliver any application signed by a voter to the county election office within two days after such application is signed by the applicant.

      (c)   Except as otherwise provided by law, no person other than the voter, shall mark, sign or transmit to the county election officer any advance voting ballot or advance voting ballot envelope.

      (d)   No person, unless authorized by K.S.A. 25-1122 or K.S.A. 25-1124, and amendments thereto, shall intercept, interfere with, or delay the transmission of advance voting ballots from the county election officer to the voter.

      (e)   No person shall willfully and falsely affirm, declare or subscribe to any material fact in an affirmation form for an advance voting ballot, or set of advance voting ballots if the voter is entitled to vote more than one kind of advance voting ballot at a particular election, or in a declaration form on an advance voting ballot envelope.

      (f)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person from mailing, carrying or otherwise conveying advance voting ballots or sets of advance voting ballots to the county election officer upon request of advance voting voters.

      (g)   Violation of any provision of this section is a class C misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1967, ch. 208, § 15; L. 1978, ch. 140, § 7; L. 1980, ch. 110, § 3; L. 1995, ch. 192, § 31; L. 1997, ch. 124, § 4; L. 2000, ch. 151, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 125, § 4; April 26.