2024 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 25 - Elections
Article 44 - Electronic And Electromechanical Voting Systems
25-4414 Electronic or electromechanical voting system and poll book fraud; criminal penalty.
25-4414. Electronic or electromechanical voting system and poll book fraud; criminal penalty.
(a) Electronic or electromechanical voting system or electronic poll book fraud is:
(1) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware, software or ballots;
(2) accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware, software or ballots;
(3) knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to electronic or electromechanical voting system equipment, electronic poll book equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software; or
(4) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any electronic or electromechanical voting system, electronic poll book or component part thereof, or any ballot used by such electronic or electromechanical voting systems.
(b) Electronic or electromechanical voting system or electronic poll book fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
History: L. 1977, ch. 129, § 14; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 215; L. 2007, ch. 125, § 21; L. 2022, ch. 87, § 20; L. 2023, ch. 79, § 60; July 1.
