2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 25 ELECTIONS
Article 18 VOTING BY NEW AND FORMER STATE RESIDENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
25-1802. Application for presidential ballots; new resident; former resident; relocated resident.
25-1802
25-1802. Application for presidential ballots; new resident; former
resident; relocated resident.
(a) A person desiring to qualify under this act as a new resident voter
to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors shall submit
not more than 45 days prior to such
general presidential
election nor later than 12 o'clock noon on the Monday preceding the day of
such election an application to the county
election officer of such person's new residence in the form of an
affidavit executed in duplicate
substantially as follows:
STATE OF ______________
COUNTY OF ______________, ss.
I, ______________, do solemnly swear that:
1. I am a citizen of the United States;
2. Before becoming a resident of this state, I resided at ______________ street, in ______________ (Here insert name of town, township, village or city) of ______________ county of the state of ______________;
3. On the day of the next presidential election, I shall be at least eighteen years of age and I have or will have by the time of such next presidential election resided in this state not more than 45 days next preceding such general presidential election and I am now residing in the __________ precinct, township of ______________ (or in the __________ precinct of the __________ ward, ______________ street in the city of ______________), in the county of ______________, state of Kansas;
4. I believe I am entitled under the law of this state to vote at the presidential election to be held November ______, ______;
5. I hereby make application for a presidential and vice-presidential ballot. I have not voted and will not vote otherwise than by this ballot at that election.
Signed ______________ (Applicant)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______________ day of ______________, ______.
Signed ______________ Title and name of officer authorized to administer oath
(b) A person desiring to qualify under this act as a former resident
voter to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors is required
to have been registered in this state immediately preceding
such person's removal from this state. Not more than
45 days prior to such general
presidential election nor later than 12 o'clock noon on the Monday
preceding the day of such election, such person shall make an
application to the
office of the county election officer of the county of such person's former
residence, in the form of an affidavit executed in duplicate
substantially as follows:
STATE OF ______________
COUNTY OF ______________, ss.
I, ______________, do solemnly swear that:
1. I am a citizen of the United States;
2. Before removing my residence from the state of Kansas on __________, ______, which was within 45 days next preceding the presidential election to be held November ______, ______, I was a registered voter in the ______ precinct, township of ______________ (or in the ______ precinct of the ______ ward, at ______________ street, in the city of _____________) in the county of ______________, state of Kansas, which was my last place of residence prior to my removal from Kansas;
3. I now reside at ______________ street, in ____________________
(Here insert name of town, township, village or city)
of ________________ county of the state of ______________;
4. On the day of the next presidential election, I shall be at least eighteen years of age;
5. I believe I am entitled under the law of this state to vote at the presidential election to be held November ______, ______, in the precinct and county of my former residence as above stated.
6. I hereby make application for a presidential and vice-presidential ballot. I have not voted and will not vote otherwise than by this ballot at that election.
Signed ______________ (Applicant)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______________ day of ______________, ______.
Signed ______________ Title and name of officer authorized to administer oath
(c) A person desiring to qualify under this act as a relocated resident
voter to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors is required
to be registered in such voter's former precinct of residence in this
state. Not more than 20 days prior to such general
presidential election nor later than 12 o'clock noon on the Monday
preceding the day of such election, such person shall make application with the
office of the county election officer of the county of such person's new
residence, in the form of an affidavit executed in duplicate
as follows:
STATE OF _____________
COUNTY OF _____________, ss.
I, _____________, do solemnly swear that:
1. I am a citizen of the United States;
2. Before relocating my residence on __________, _____, which was not more than 20 days next preceding the presidential election to be held November ______, _____, I was a registered voter in the ______ precinct, township of _____________ (or in the _______ precinct of the _______ ward, at ______________ street, in the city of _____________) in the county of ______________, state of Kansas, which was my last place of residence prior to my relocation in Kansas;
3. I now reside at __________ street, in _____________________
(Here insert name of town, township, village or city)
of ______________________ county of the state of Kansas;
4. On the day of the next presidential election, I shall be at least eighteen years of age;
5. I believe I am entitled under the law of this state to vote at the presidential election to be held November _____, ______, in the precinct and county of my new residence as above stated.
6. I hereby make application for a presidential and vice-presidential ballot. I have not voted and will not vote otherwise than by this ballot at that election.
Signed ______________ (Applicant)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______________ day of ______________, ______.
Signed ______________ Title and name of officer authorized to administer oath
History: L. 1963, ch. 232, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 137, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 156, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 118, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 56, § 2; July 1.
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